How to Program the FT3D or FT2D with ADMS on a Computer

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4 жыл бұрын

Today we will be using Yaesus official software, ADMS to program the FT3d or FT2D with a micro sd card.
Link to a micro SD card:
www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-...
SD Card Adaptper:
www.amazon.com/Sabrent-Micro-...
FT3D Programming Software(ADMS):
www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd...
FT2D Programming Software(ADMS):
www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd...
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@ModernHam 4 жыл бұрын

Let me know where what other guides you may be looking for for the FT2D/FT3D!

@charlesdrinkwater2766 4 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to import a csv file into the software?

@darrellbrackett7948 4 жыл бұрын

If you could do a session on the memory functions that would be great. Other than the basic memory channel function, I find all of those other memory functions very confusing. Like the PMS, home channel, and how to access all the preset receiver memories. How to scan for a busy channel, and then how to place it into an open memory slot from the radio. Also the with the scan function, how to mark for skip, and to unskip. Thanks! Darrell KX4EMT

@NovemberOneOscarGrouch 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video @ModernHam. Just got a FT3DR and now to figure it out and get channels programmed in.

@user-dm7vg1to5h Ай бұрын

This video is FANTASTIC! I spent 4 hours trying to get CHiRP and the RTSystems software for the FT3D working, no luck. Why? The programming cable that comes with the radio isn't a programming cable! Thank You MorernHam! ADMS does seem to work. Now I just have to transfer the rest of my channel list (that I use for other HTs) into ADMS, save it to the MicroSD, upload it into the FT3D's memory and all should be good. BRILLIANT!😃

@MikesPOV Жыл бұрын

I used your video to program my FT5D and it worked just fine (with the FT5D ADMS Software, of course.) Thanks!

@SGrosch 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, I spent days trying to figure everything out, and just was finally able to get it working!

@CmdrPusa 3 жыл бұрын

Tried installing the device driver to no avail. Thanks to your video, I don't have to. For a while there I was already considering buying the expensive software/cable package. You certainly saved me a lot of $$$! Truly appreciate it. YOU THE MAN!

@darrellbrackett7948 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I just got a new FT3D and programmed it with the Yaesu software after watching just now. I have watched all your other FT3D videos, and really appreciate your help. I'll try to watch your feed next Sunday. Love this radio so far. Keep the videos coming. Darrell KX4EMT, Lenoir City, TN.

@WillCarrot 3 жыл бұрын

TN here too... just got a FT3DR

@RJWolfeStunts 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video - Thank you for your diligent efforts to the community!

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@rpestess 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! This is exactly what I was looking for. I have been having problems trying to get mine programmed with the SD card but this explains it. Thanks!

@michaeldunn9018 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great information and taking the time to make this video!

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@adampettus 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir. I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly. Quality content.

@skinnyflea2628 4 жыл бұрын

Your FT-3D guides have helped me so much. No other video guide compared to this. Thank you. 73's

@ModernHam 4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@phoebelala 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, nice work there 👏 👍 Thanks a bunch for making this video. Subscribed 🙂

@stephaneboudreau1088 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks couldn't make this USB cable working grrr. Glad I found your vid.

@nathanbieber2840 2 ай бұрын

Thank you just got my ft3 back and freaked out because I couldn't find my prog cable haha then remembered the SD card

@danmarkiewicz3697 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Billy, I don't have reason to update my memory card often, but when I do, this is my "go-to" spot that helps me to recall just how to do it.

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan! I find myself coming back to this video as well every once in a blue moon when I have to do mine as well.

@aschlack8889 3 жыл бұрын

thank you very much. i have managed to program my FT3DR just fine using this method. i have subscribed and will continue to watch your vids. thanx again.

@Toddderose 3 жыл бұрын

Great video you explain it so simple and made it so easy. Thank you for the video. This will save me 50 bucks. Keep up the good work.

@michaelspremulli8545 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. It helped me to finally get my radio programmed.

@colinlyne 5 ай бұрын

Excellent (hidden knowledge!!), you’re a star, thank you.

@johnmonterrey 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. You are the GURU on Yaesu FT3D and Satellites. Thanks for saving me some bucks.

@rowdyron4111 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent presentation. Thank you!

@arupian666 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother... I just spent hours pulling my hair out, couldn't think what I was doing wrong... turns out that I wasn't loading, modifying and reloading the backup file. Just randomly creating files, lol.

@tallmike6598 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing the video it was a huge help.

@travist6677 3 жыл бұрын

This was super helpful, good looking out, thank you!

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I could help!

@af4od02 3 жыл бұрын

Good video. Thanks for sharing. I like the “glitch” you experienced. I have had it happen also. I didn’t think about the battery pack. Good info. 73

@jonathanbaldwin8810 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I needed

@grazianosalotti1317 3 жыл бұрын

Ti ringrazio, mi è stato molto d'aiuto questo tutorial, anche se non capisco l'inglese, sono riuscito a programmare guardando il tuo video e trasferire le memorie tramite la SD card sul mio FT3D, Grazie ancora 73 from Italy and Happy Christmas!!! IK5IVV

@Dusboy7 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I now know why I can't connect via the cable.

@BradSnyder1 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool tutorial Billy! A lot cheaper to do then to use RT Systems.

@MARKYMARK2222 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. All worked first time, no freeze ups. Thank you. Keep up the good work. Mark. M3XHT

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped!

@steveharrison1789 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this, couldn't get my PC to connect with the radio no matter what I tried, this trick solved the problem, Thanks

@ModernHam 4 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@andrewhamop6665 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for making tutorial videos on the FT-3DR, 73 KE8OHW

@MikesPOV Жыл бұрын

This was VERY helpful. Thanks!

@ModernHam Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad I could help!

@skippyi6969 3 жыл бұрын

great tutorial. thanks man

@MrCCW26 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, thanks! I tried this method at first using an older 2gb micro SD card, the radio would not accept the new BACKUP.dat file. After I replaced the older SD card with a new 32gb SD card, the radio read the file with no problems. Again, thanks for doing these videos and putting out helpful content!

@alexdelchini2802 4 жыл бұрын

Top man you have saved me £50 as as you mentioned everything points to RT Systems and I didn’t want to spend the extra on programming the handheld 👍

@marcinl364 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@chrisnichols8052 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! You just saved me from buying some expensive cables!

@skrpinski 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for this Video, I did buy the RT cable and program then when I upgraded to windows 11 it would not work. Once they started supporting 11 I could not find my cable. This video saved me from having to buy it again and shame on my local shop for telling time I needed it when I was getting started in HAM.

@ModernHam 8 ай бұрын

That's a good point I have against RT Systems. It's marketed so hard that one would think it's required, and very expensive if you take into account all of the cables and versions.

@skrpinski 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your content. Your videos make it much easier for someone new to Yaesu to understand how the menu system works.

@Proc3000 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I still might purchase the RT system software (minus the cable and just use the ST card) just because it has the external resources you can import like repaterbook etc but I was successful with this too.

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

I'ts a nice tool, just a little too expensive for some.

@valdesc36 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente muchas gracias por el video.

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

me alegra que lo hayas disfrutado

@LoganWeilerIII 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! Thank you for explaining what Yaesu should have. Your cable vs. sd card explanation saved me. Thank you!!! 73 KO4HRE (Kentuckian Outdoors 4 Ham Radio Excitement)

@NeatFreq 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this

@glennstevenson6242 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent info, thank you from VK land.

@teashea1 4 жыл бұрын

very well done

@tglenn3121 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@LarryAnnen 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

Glad i could help!

@nickg3yqg 4 жыл бұрын

Can you buy a programming cable from Yaesu? Great video.

@indianxbullet 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial, I'm having trouble with the radio changing the CTCSS pl tones when I put them in either via the programing software or by doing it by hand. It seems to have a mind of its own. Any help greatly appreciated..

@mabo4848 4 жыл бұрын

Tnx

@franknaw4780 4 жыл бұрын

Note: For anyone purchasing a memory card, from the FT3D manual micro-SDXC memory cards are not supported.

@franknaw4780 4 жыл бұрын

I did get a 32GB SDHC and that worked.

@jerelading4054 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. I'm confused though. I also have the FTM-400. I have all of my digital frequencies loaded on band A and my analog frequencies loaded on band B. How do you designate which Band (A or B) that you want a particular channel loaded into on the FT-3DR using ADMS-11 software?

@christiedawson440 3 жыл бұрын

This is my first radio I purchased last week. Do I need to use the firmware cable to make updates out of the box, like a computer (sorry if this sounds silly)? Appreciate the short informative video!! 73 KO4NCL

@shawnp6653 3 жыл бұрын

Good video; so pretend like it is a MS product and do a hard reboot ;) Regardless, thanks for stepping through the process - I figured it wasn't too complicated, but it always good to see it. I wonder if the lock has something to do with the size of the sd card? I thought I had read 32gb was the max. Regardless, thanks again!

@linaskerbelis5636 4 жыл бұрын

could you explain how to do firmware update with cable( it does not work for me)?

@Tiburon.hd1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the info , would this work on a new MacBook? Catalina ?

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't tell ya. I've never owned a macbook.

@AI4QT 3 жыл бұрын

This is the best instructional video hands-down on programming the FT3D. Great job!!! de AI4QT

@gcljohn 2 жыл бұрын

Good video. Tried downloading the .zip file onto my Mac...OK. Attempted to unzip using the Archivezip option; dialogue came back at me with "File format unsupported". Wonderful. Could get Betterzip as suggested but you have to pay for that. Might just go the RT route. Any ideas?

@alcamp2496 3 жыл бұрын

can i upload repeaters from the net to the memory chip, i just got the 3dr and started to learn how to program w/o the cable..thanks ki5mfu

@richardroggers5349 3 жыл бұрын

Please do a real transmit & receive with a Nagoya NA-701 or NA-771 antenna on your Yaesu FT-3DR radio.

@tonyrs500 3 жыл бұрын

I have an iMac computer is there programming software for the mac???

@Ray-zh8dr 3 жыл бұрын

Does the FT3DR have to ha e a proprietary data cord in order to connect to the cause I keep getting a time out error and the computer says that the ft3dr is unrecognizable?

@jameseast1501 3 жыл бұрын

I've used an FT2DR for several years. I've upgraded to the FT3DR. However, transferring memory from FT2 to FT3 has me baffled. This video is great for programing one or the other, but how to transfer data between them?

@SGrosch 4 жыл бұрын

Any tips/way to import local repeaters like you can with CHIRP? Or a way to export from chirp and import into ADMS so you don’t have to manually enter?

@t.pierce4354 4 жыл бұрын

That'd be awesome.

@ModernHam 4 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately I haven't found this out yet.

@WillCarrot 3 жыл бұрын

What size micro sd is ideal?

@Integr8d 3 жыл бұрын

I keep getting an input error, when I export a CSV formatted for ADMS on RepeaterBook. Any thoughts?

@CharlotteCaniac 3 жыл бұрын

Seems like I've seen the ability to download a mass list of local repeaters off repeaterbook.com and then mass copy/paste into the listing. Is this possible with the Yaesu software or no?

@jaecenwhite2590 3 жыл бұрын

Just an FYI, the SD card you link in the info won't work with the FT3DR. I tried it. The radio can use a 32GB SD, maximum. I got a cheap 32GB Samsung and that one worked.

@mailmannb7970 2 жыл бұрын

Hello... was just trying 2 different micro cards... the radio doesn't recognize them. But both are 128 gb... so I see the problem now... I will get a 32

@peredavison8987 4 жыл бұрын

I'm using Macbook.When I clicked on setup.exe, it said only PC supported

@bigdaddyvu 2 ай бұрын

Works on chirp

@kevinokeefe7796 3 жыл бұрын

I have the scu19 for wires x is that the cable I need to use the yaesu software

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

I believe the scu19 is for PDN mode on wires-X. The cable I used was the one that came with the radio.

@kevinsullivan5151 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info! KN4CFT

@timlillard390 3 жыл бұрын

I am recently retired from, among other things, an aerospace engineer and a graphics designer, using Mac OS exclusively, but since ADMS can't be used on a Mac I guess I'll go with RT.

@WillCarrot 3 жыл бұрын

Boot camp so you can run windows

@MikesPOV Жыл бұрын

Is there a way of programming ADMS so that the bank memories are hidden from your regular memories? I hate how you have to spin the dial to get past all the stored bank memories.

@timsmith9169 2 жыл бұрын

Will this work with Windows 11 ???

@kevingreene1753 Жыл бұрын

Where do I find the free link?

@lieschenmiller9351 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, very good explanation how to do it. My FT-3de always give me the error message "incomplete". I turned it of, replaced the battery .. no effect. Does anyone have a idea how to fix it? 73 DG7FEK

@jtzofrea 3 жыл бұрын

I am running into this same problem. Did you find a solution?

@justinmattina6744 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Billy, does this work with Mac?

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't tell ya. I've never owned one so I'm not sure.

@MarineOh3 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial! Everything worked great for me until reading from the SD card. I tapped okay, and it says NOT COMPLETED every time. I can't figure it out! Any help out there?

@sonofahyderite6855 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever figure out how to get around it. I am having the same problem.

@MarineOh3 2 жыл бұрын

@@sonofahyderite6855 yes, kind of. Import the file from the FT3D first, type over it and send it back. Make sure to save a copy to your computer for later. For some reason, you can't just send a file to the radio without importing first from the radio. Just out of curiosity, did you update your firmware? I'm wondering if the update has the error with it.

@sonofahyderite6855 2 жыл бұрын

@@MarineOh3 I did the MARS mod and it failed after that. When I got the ft3dr it came with the latest firmware.

@MarineOh3 2 жыл бұрын

@@sonofahyderite6855 hmm, I don't know what it is then. I had updated my firmware before trying downloaded memory channels, so I don't have a comparison for it like it worked like in this video. That's the only work around I've found though for our issue, unfortunately.

@gerrykavanagh 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job. I always baffled by how terrible Yaesu is at software though. They clearly rely on people spending the extra €40 or so on RT Systems, which when you have already spent a fair chunk on a radio is a bit hard to swallow. Funny how a crappy €25 Baofeng manages to have working software and yet Yaesu can't.

@TyRonKitzeRow 3 жыл бұрын

How about MAC?

@ModernHam 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't tell ya there. I've never had one.

@prestonshute7243 4 жыл бұрын

Very old saying. There’s more than one way to skin a cat. Ok, no hate mail, I have a 18 year old cat. Great video 73 wd4dda

@pastypacker 4 жыл бұрын

Won't work for me, been hours going over the same method, just will not update the sd card, says its done it, but nothing changes......

@charlesriley9426 4 жыл бұрын

This tells me nothing about how to program the radio from computer

@ModernHam 4 жыл бұрын

Ley me know what part you need help understanding and I will try to answer your question. We made a backup of the radio, programmed the backup file, and restored it onto the radio.

@t.pierce4354 4 жыл бұрын

He does, specifically @ 1:40-2:00