it is a bit artificial but you won't notice it after a few minutes. I rarely use analogue anymore, digital is so much cleaner and if you are mobile there's no more intermod. If you have a wires-x node ore a repeater equiped with wires-x then your talking around the world regardless of the band conditions.

You can do that until the internet goes down. Then you are local only.

This demo was a local contact using our club repeater, I use the local repeater or simplex 80% of the time. You are correct in that if the internet connection goes down then you can not use the Wires-X functionality. That said our internet service is more reliable then the hf band condition these days HiHi. 73 Denis

It sounds robot like because they are transmitting in digital narrow mode. It sounds perfect when running in digital wide VW.

Hmm p25 always sounds better to me

I do think the FM sounds nicer than digital modes as well. I'd like to have seen Full-Rate Digital mode (VW) used in this comparison as well. I think it significantly reduces a lot of that artifact noise.

@@LancasterWannaBe Yes would have liked to hear VW mode as well.

FM is aesthetically much more comfortable even followed by some noise, but, digi mode is more intense and efficient when the goal is just communication, it's, send a message and be understood.

Stephan Vermette Hi Stephan, if you want a live demo just let me know I'd be happy to let you experience it in person.

That would be very cool!

Thanks for the kind words. 73

Certainly. The main problem that I have with the digital modes is that it puts too much emphasis on the highs and not enough on the lows, which severely distorts the communication. And, for someone such as myself with a much lower voice, people have a very difficult time copying me if I'm communicating digital. The main thing for me is that, for analog FM, at least, I know exactly what the radio's doing, and I can very easily explain what's going on to a newcomer, and I always know how to change the characteristics of the output and transmission. But with digital, you have no idea what's going on over the air, and it's difficult to resolve issues, such as overmodulation or undermodulation. Not to mention, almost everyone has analog FM capabilities, and there's only one analog FM (wide and narrow will clip and distort a little, but they're pretty well interchangeable), but with digital, there's several different, completely independent digital modes that are not interchangeable at all. Even with completely different analog modes, for example, if there's a strong AM signal coming in and I set the radio to FM, it sounds awful and there's tons of distortion, but you can make out the speech to a certain degree.

Hi, your radio will only work in the digital mode on a Yaesu Fusion repeaters or in simplex mode. It will work in analogue mode on all other repeaters. 73

Hi! After watching the video, I tested with a friend 90 km away throw an analogue repeater without success. Just now, as I read on this comment, only Yaesu repeaters allow these types of dual communication. Congratulations for your videos.

Binoy Varghese yes you can expand the horizon with a HotSpot no problem. They are easy to use and fun to explore.

this new digi equipment is still in the making test period and audio is only to get better in time.. and i agree they still need to get everyones audio a little less robotic the more pure the better.. but even more so with thease modes first the same audio level as they can be very unforgiving mabe some type of a auto digimode ALC limit overdrive protection idea on each rig for balance but something yes? as its the main cause of its problems on overly high set mic settings or shouting loud ...but in fairness its 100% still at its best of what it can or its audio codec chip can provide to now even down to a 25 % signal then the crazy blackhole sound kiks in. its called the cliff drop effect not the slope effect as hams are used to. in laymans terms its all or nothing in audio till 25%1/4 signal if your a 5/9 or over you still will be at 100% in the radios eyes till down to a S 2.5 or even S2 if very lucky and thats the deal or trade off with this and all digi gear.