Yaesu FTM-100D C4FM/Analog Dual Band Radio, System Fusion/APRS/Wires-X 

Been looking at setting up a Wires-X node here. I use the FT-M400 in the car plus the FT-1 and FT-2

Adam Rennison hey what’s your channel for wires x

Thank you for calling attention to the fact that the FTM 100D is not dual receive. Important point! I nearly ordered this thinking it also was dual receive. I have the 400D and am looking for a similar second rig - at lower cost if i can find one. I like using one side for APRS while being able to do normal functions on the other side.

Sorry, forgot to add N0AZO

THANK YOU for pointing out the APRS limitations. I just about pulled the trigger on one of these thinking I'd be able to do smartbeacon APRS on one VFO and monitor a VFO or memory on the other... Not being able to do that is a deal breaker. Luckily, the other option I was looking at was already an FTM-400. Thanks!

I got a question for you could you set it up to where the radio automatically programs itself depending on your location let's say you were going through Kansas City I don't know if there's any digital there but it could ping the location and all of the frequencies of the area and then when you're down the road a little ways it does it again that in my opinion would be absolutely priceless because for a lot of hams referring to the old analog it makes it real pain in the back side traveling across country where you would have to program your radio ahead of time programming a radio is never any fun

me too

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I have had great success with Diamond Antennas. I believe the Diamond SRJ77CA will work.

I've had good performance with the Tram 11861 mag mount. Bought it off Amazon for only $30. It has a PL259, so you'll need an SO239 to SMA female adapter to connect it to a UV-5R.

Thanks for the help from the other responses. I currently own a Diamond SG7900 although not on my truck at the moment, however the best antenna I ever had was the MFJ-1432B it is over 5 feet and the gain from that antenna allowed me to work 50 watts on simplex almost 50 miles away when mobile. When I had my Mirage 160 watt amp connected to this antenna in the car, I could talk through the Orlando 2 meter repeater from Sebastian, and on a good day, straight across to the west coast of Florida to the Holiday repeater on a good morning in the spring. Be sure to check out my upcoming videos on those bands, especially 2 meters VHF.

HamRadioConcepts I always make it a point to watch your videos when I’m at the station ( firefighter ). I will lol into both and hopefully the wife doesn’t get to mad at me for buying this radio. Hey I looked up the mfl-1432 it looks like truck antenna. Am I finding the right one ? Thx again for the reply brother

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I'm not sure what it's like in the US, but in the UK, we are starting to see inter-connectivity between the modes. If you buy something like a SharkRF Openspot, you can pretty much connect to whichever network you fancy, regardless of who is using what locally. If I had to choose between the three, I wouldn't choose DMR, but purely because it requires a lot of pre-programming of code plugs before you can even attempt to use it, or blind faith that someone else has set your radio code plug up for you correctly. Once that's done it's great, but you're just a 'user', like any commercial PMR user.

You might have to desolder something specific on the inside to mod band coverage.

I have bought the majority of my radios from GigaParts and they have great customer service!

I used to buy 100% of my ham purchases from DX, but I have come to really like the Giga Customer Service better. To each their own, I suppose...

YOu need to consider what you will be doing on it. Do you have a Dstar repeater close to you? Is it connected to a gateway through the internet? Without a Dstar activity around you, you will be tying up a $600 radio for basic analog activity, which there is nothing wrong with, but you can get a 50 watt dual band Chinese radio for $100 bucks or less, allowing you more money for additional purchases...Will you be planning on HF? The radio you asked about is a good radio, however, someone buying that will be mainly getting it for Dstar. It is VHF/UHF only, so there are other options for buying a radio that has HF as well as VHF/UHF analog only, but then you could think about buying a Dstar handheld down the road for 300 bucks and enjoy dstar. As a tech, you have plenty of options for operating 10 meters and 6 meters which will allow you to work the world with very simple homemade antennas. Think about a used IC-706MK2G, it has everything in it except Dstar. But lot of options for HF/VHF/UHF, AM/FM/CW/SSB...Yaesu FT-857 is another radio worth buying used, has the same options as the IC706MK2g but smaller screen... This is just opinions.

You have a good point. I am just starting out and the nearest repeater is in tallahassee,florida D star. that is 36 miles south of me. If I have a tech lic. what are my limitations on use of all of its features ? THANK YOU So much for answering me this quick !!!

This will do voice and data on Fusion. And the pictures are received and stored on the SDcard to be viewed later on the computer