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One can never have too many HT'sso I bought another ht and my first digital … Yaesu FT-70D. Time to test it out…
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Hmmm I do need another one… I’m all Yaesu … I should get an ICOM. And a Kenwood.One can never have too many HT's
That actually means it's got "enough battery power". My experience with this radio is that "enough battery power" is enough if you're already walking over to the charger. The battery life on it sucks, many disappoint.Charge that battery.
That actually means it's got "enough battery power". My experience with this radio is that "enough battery power" is enough if you're already walking over to the charger. The battery life on it sucks, many disappoint.
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ETA: You get a few hours on receive, maybe 5 hours if you're listening to a frequency nobody uses. If you plan to actually use it, buy more batteries.
I'm just wondering what HT stands for.give up some info for us dummies
I own one. It doesn't have the battery life of an FT60, but it's not horrible. I run it on low power, and listen more than I talk, but I can get two days of use before I have to charge.That actually means it's got "enough battery power". My experience with this radio is that "enough battery power" is enough if you're already walking over to the charger. The battery life on it sucks, many disappoint.
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ETA: You get a few hours on receive, maybe 5 hours if you're listening to a frequency nobody uses. If you plan to actually use it, buy more batteries.
It covers the 2 meter FM and the 440 FM bands. It also has a wide coverage receiver, so mine can pick up National Weather broadcasts, police, fire, air craft etc. It also does Yaesu Fusion digital mode, so you can link your radio to the Internet. That means you can walk about with your walkie talkie in the back yard, and talk to Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world. Most radios use the air to send signals to the other station. Digital modes can use the Internet to send your signal to the other side of the planet. Meaning radio, through the air to a device called a hotspot, that connects to the Internet. Signal to the other side of the world on the Internet. Then back into a hotspot, through the air, to the destination radio. The last conversation, I was in Mass, and was talking to someone in Okinawa Japan.you f***ing guys...civilians read these post too. what the hell kind of radio is this? a little background please, what are you going to be doing with it? can this bounce signals to australia and back? i know you guys like that stuff, bouncing signals, repeaters and such. is this for emergency use or what? come on, give up some info for us dummies.
Handi- talkie.I'm just wondering what HT stands for.
High Tuning?
High Transmission?
I run mine until the radio shuts off. Then I charge. I also keep a spare battery, so I can just swap out the discharged one.Charge that battery.
thank you!It covers the 2 meter FM and the 440 FM bands. It also has a wide coverage receiver, so mine can pick up National Weather broadcasts, police, fire, air craft etc. It also does Yaesu Fusion digital mode, so you can link your radio to the Internet. That means you can walk about with your walkie talkie in the back yard, and talk to Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world. Most radios use the air to send signals to the other station. Digital modes can use the Internet to send your signal to the other side of the planet. Meaning radio, through the air to a device called a hotspot, that connects to the Internet. Signal to the other side of the world on the Internet. Then back into a hotspot, through the air, to the destination radio. The last conversation, I was in Mass, and was talking to someone in Okinawa Japan.
How do you go about selecting a "room"? I've mostly connected to AmericaLink, but even that can be completely dead. And then half the time I hear people asking if anyone can hear them. But I've talked to a few folks on there, it is pretty neat to have a repeater to the world.It covers the 2 meter FM and the 440 FM bands. It also has a wide coverage receiver, so mine can pick up National Weather broadcasts, police, fire, air craft etc. It also does Yaesu Fusion digital mode, so you can link your radio to the Internet. That means you can walk about with your walkie talkie in the back yard, and talk to Australia, Japan, Saudi Arabia and the rest of the world. Most radios use the air to send signals to the other station. Digital modes can use the Internet to send your signal to the other side of the planet. Meaning radio, through the air to a device called a hotspot, that connects to the Internet. Signal to the other side of the world on the Internet. Then back into a hotspot, through the air, to the destination radio. The last conversation, I was in Mass, and was talking to someone in Okinawa Japan.
I’m addition to the response above, If you are curious I’d start here…you f***ing guys...civilians read these post too. what the hell kind of radio is this? a little background please, what are you going to be doing with it? can this bounce signals to australia and back? i know you guys like that stuff, bouncing signals, repeaters and such. is this for emergency use or what? come on, give up some info for us dummies.
You can ask hams what rooms they hang out in. Americalink is popular as is Wolfpack. You can also look online and see what rooms have the most people in them.Sorry, not how do you physically do it, but how do you look at a list of rooms with meaningless names and choose one? There must be 1,000 in the PiStar room. Some use their country's prefix, which is handy, but many don't.
I haven't looked into it, but there are two programmable buttons on the keypad. It would be cool if one could be set to "Connect to Fusion" and the other "Disconnect". I often forget how to disconnect and just cycle power, but I use a hotspot so if I do that the hotspot stays connected to the room until I cycle power there too.
I don't use the Fusion stuff very often, mostly when there are world events and I want to see what people are saying in other parts of the country/world.
Anybody use a mag mount or similar antenna in their vehicle with an HT? I'm not ready to install a radio in the car, but I thought running my HT to a mag mount antenna might be a good stepping stone. Thanksgiving I have a long drive to my sister's so I thought it might be a good opportunity to try it out. Good idea? Dumb idea? Suggestions for antenna that I won't lose on the highway?
Funny you should mention that. I keep trying to convince myself to get a radio with APRS capability but I certainly don't need more people tracking me, I have nobody to send messages to, and don't know what else it really does. It feels like 1994 AOL for radio.Go for it! Using a Mag Mount antenna on the roof of my car has increased both reception and transmission ranges. By how much? I have no idea, but it's way better. I'm using a Yaseu FT3Dr with a Diamond 7cm/2m antenna. The most noticeable difference is when using APRS. The increase in activity is very apparent. Now, if i only knew what I was doing, it's be even better!
Get a CB instead, to "try it out".Using the HT in the car is a test run to see if I want a radio in the car, which I am pretty sure I don't.
Handie talkieI'm just wondering what HT stands for.
High Tuning?
High Transmission?
A CB would be an exercise in confirmation bias. Although this may be too.Get a CB instead, to "try it out".
Actually in all honesty setting up an 11M rig is far more challenging than hooking up an HT. It's way easier to fail at doing that believe it or not.. .A CB would be an exercise in confirmation bias. Although this may be too.
Well, Damn. When you put it that way, you’ve pretty much summed up my entire experience in ham. Every once in a while my local repeaters have something interesting, but thats like once a year. As for aprs, I’ve sent a couple of emails (which thrilled me!) but like you, I don’t need anyone else tracking me. You pretty much ch nailed it with the AOL for radio comment.Funny you should mention that. I keep trying to convince myself to get a radio with APRS capability but I certainly don't need more people tracking me, I have nobody to send messages to, and don't know what else it really does. It feels like 1994 AOL for radio.
Using the HT in the car is a test run to see if I want a radio in the car, which I am pretty sure I don't.
And get a speaker mic for it...it makes working mobile with an HT a bit easier.For 2m i would just use a 5/8ths wave mag mount. using hts mobile sucks but it won’t be entirely unusable if you’re working strong repeaters.