$170 paperweight. No help from HRO!

I've just got this device! 👍

Thank you!

I’m in your MIND! 🤣👍

So funny too cause I’m looking at getting one

Thanks! Great meeting you the other day!

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Well I ended up getting the FT-70. Couldn't pass up the $139.95 price tag.

I'm actually bummed that the covid prevents me from going into the store. It's not anyone's fault, just this dumb pandemic. I plan on going back up there when I'm ready to purchase. But I'm really a hands on kind of evaluator of stuff, so not being able to put my hands on a thing is a bit vexing. If I've learned anything about life in my 47 years, it's that while reviews are a good tool, many glowing reviews listed by others sometimes falls way short of my experience with things once I'm holding a thing, or using it. Hopefully they will allow people inside, at some point soon. Otherwise I'll just be stuck risking a new tool, and trial it not being what I'm looking for. That's just my $.02. The people I talked to there, in the phone, standing in front of the store, were very kind. Just drive me nuts to see the things I was interested in looking at, but not being able to have that tactile feel, or even a look at the varying models.

Agreed. My girlfriend and I got interested in ham for emergency situations. We went to the Denver HRO and spent about an hour in there asking all sorts of n00b questions, and they were nothing but helpful. I purchased the ARRL technician study guide to support the store. And to get started. Once I get my ticket punched, I will definitely get my first HT there.

@@dh7109 I like to handle things as well but its rarely an option. My first HT was the Yaesu FT60, then acquired the Anytone 878 and Boafeng UV-5R. The UV-5R was considerable smaller than I anticipated (its a tiny lil radio!). After having these few radio's though, when I see vid's of other transceivers compared to ones I already have, I'm prepared for what they will be. I just got the Yaesu FT-4x which is the same size as the UV-5R and am ordering the FT70 tonight. Once you get a radio or 2, you may find that being able to handle them before hand isn't really an issue. That was the case for me anyway.

@@kyoshivp Very cool! Have you been able to take the test yet? Repeaters out in the Denver area have been pretty active in the past couple of months. I've been to Denver with work several times recently and have really enjoyed Skyhub Colorado andd Colorado Connection. You can talk all over Colorado and a couple of the surrounding states! It's a total blast and there's ALWAYS someone to talk to. I hope you keep up with the studying and you both get your license, you'll really enjoy it!

@@applejacks971 Yup, passes at the end of October. I then picked up an FT60 from the Denver HRO and have been playing with that on and off since. Need to be on more though. The girlie now has the tech book. Next stop for me is General. And to figure out a condo HOA friendly HF setup. 🤣

I'll bet you hate that decision don't you?

@@Rusted_Link Why?

@@echofoxtrotwhiskey1595 Yaesu's worst HT in my opinion.

@@Rusted_Link Why is it their worst?

Happy holidays! Thanks for watching! HRO is closed to only curb side now. Bums me out. I love getting out there!

Thanks!

M.C. Landstander I did the exact same thing. Haha.

What is the title of the tech class book so I can order it.

Thanks for this comment. I did not know about that feature.

How do you key in your call sign, even if you've already turned it on?

Thanks!

Nice!

Thanks for watching!

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I think I have to agree with that statement.

Thank you!

You helped me decide which one I’m going to order this Friday ! I’m going with the 70 . And I’m loving your Channel and content . 👍

Say hi to Bob for me!

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Went in and Billy Bob was not working. They weren't very impressed I saw him on KZfaq. I bought the FT-70D. Wish he was there. Didn't get much help setting up my new radio. Disappointed .

Which new radio?

@@HamRadioCrashCourse The FT-70.

@@donpettinger8079 Don, I'm new also, I purchased a FT-70DR and it's easy to program through the front panel. I bet you've got it down by now. Check out mmlanger55 on youtube, he's got a good Wires X programming vid for the FT-70.

Thanks!

He is a great dude!

B Butler how has the battery life been? People are complaining about the battery dying out quickly.

wdsracer when I owned it I didn’t have a battery life problem. I have since upgraded to the Fr2d

Yaesu makes a 2m only mobile, go check it out.

Nah, you'll want to search locally for a Yaesu System Fusion repeaters in your area. www.repeaterbook.com/repeaters/niche/index.php?mode=YSF

The computer (along with the HRI 200 that was shown in the video...the black box just below the radio with the white screen, which is the FTM-100) is what allows one to create their own WiRES-X room. In order to interface with the FT-70 over RF, another radio (the FTM-100) had to be hooked up to the computer/HRI 200.

If your getting your tech license yes.

What isn't convincing you?

I have Baofeng’s AND I got this radio. There’s no information in the manual about how the heck to program the damn thing but if you search KZfaq enough you can find guys that aren’t going through it at breakneck speed. There’s not a lot of patience for newbies...

Hi there, I have not had any issues like that with any of the BaoFengs I have worked on. I suggest you return it immediately and buy off Amazon. Much less likely to have issues going through Amazon.

Thanks for the advice. More power to your channel. Hope you do more Baofeng radio reviews for the latest models.

Pindal Mapu did you ever find one ?

RT-systems makes a version for the Mac now. I used it to program this radio.

If they can send a pl tone, then yes they will work.

What city? I've taken classes in La Habra 7 years ago and then in Brea 2 months ago. (Posted 4/21/2019)

Yes. You can enter your call sign when you have it. I just entered "NONE"

michaelscoofield following

In short, yes, you should be able to have a "cross band offset" for satellite work.

Not sure if you’ve found your answer yet since it’s been a month since you asked... The VX-5 uses the same batteries as the VX-6 and VX-7. I love my VX-5 and have purchased a new battery for it, but that series of radios have all been discontinued except for the VX-6.

GOP forcing c

IDK if CHIRP can program the FT70. It might.

RT Systems - Makes life easy!

Yes; it's the only software I use to program the FT-70. You just have to follow the instructions inside chirp to a T

Its a swag hat. Giveaway

Color faults?

@@HamRadioCrashCourse Dark clouds , spots in the display. I replaced the FT60 for a Icom T70 €125,- .

Like a review of antenna on the Yaesu ft-70?

@@HamRadioCrashCourse what antenna works best on the ft70d review

The FT-70 is probably the way to go.

I pulled up the manual to try and figure this out and I couldn't find what to do. Have you tried disconnecting it from the battery and letting it sit a bit, then power it back on and try again?

Yes I did. No luck.

Factory reset it and start over.

Seems like a trivial task, the manual doesn't even discuss it, and it's not on the receiver. Seems to be a bad design.

V. Z. - factory reset is easiest if you use your thumb to press and hold mode, hm/rv, AMS at the same while the radio is off. Then turn it back on. As for the navigation of call sign entry... mode=LEFT band= RIGHT GM= CLEAR The rotary dial will scroll through letters and numbers. You can also enter the call sign by pressing the corresponding key multiple times until the proper letter or number shows. Kinda like texting from the early 2000’s. 😂👍. It explains it further back in the book. Annoying how it doesn’t tell ya right up front.

I've never owned a 70D. Just handled it a few times. I love my FT2DR though.

Yep dual-watch.

I persevered with CHIRP and the software side really isn't that difficult. The instructions appear in a CHIRP popup when you upload or download. That's probably why nobody bothered to make a How To video. Using a USB charging cable with no data lines doesn't work. Derp. I labeled that cable CHARGING ONLY so I don't waste time on that again. Strangely, using a generic USB data cable didn't work either, but the cable that Yaesu supplies with the radio works. On Linux, the FT-70DR appears as ttyACM0, at the top of the long list along with 32 other USB devices. I programmed 150 or so frequencies I had already stored in CHIRP and it seemed to go well, other than the very goofy "push POWER and AMS buttons while reinserting the battery" nonsense. Yaesu software engineers are sadists. I did learn that I can sometimes insert the battery and then quickly press the two buttons to enter ADMS mode for programming. Then I added some more frequencies (196 was the highest, nowhere near the 900 limit) and tried to reprogram and the FT-70 locked up with "--RX--" displayed. I waited almost 15 minutes with no apparent activity and CHIRP showing no progress on the upload status bar. I restarted CHIRP and again tried to upload but there was no change. I was forced to remove the battery to power down the locked-up FT-70DR. After that, the FT-70DR seemed to function but wouldn't communicate via USB. No uploads or downloads. CHIRP popped up an error message. [Errno 2] could not open port /dev/ttyACM0: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/dev/ttyACM0' I tried a few RESET ALL resets. No luck. I opened a ticket with Yaesu tech support using their online form. Hopefully, there's some trick they can email to me that does a super dooper version of RESET ALL that fixes the USB. I own three Yaesu transceivers and this is my first problem with any of them. Then again, I own three cheap Baofeng radios that I've actually used and programmed more and I'm yet to have a problem with any of them, other than the bad RF harmonics that wouldn't pass FCC testing.

FOLLOW-UP: I kept playing with it and finally figured out the problems. CHIRP is not as easy with the FT-70DR as it is with the Baofeng or the Yaesu 857D. I think my trick of pushing in the battery and then quickly pressing AMS and POWER results in a false ADMS mode that causes errors . I was able to hold the two buttons while pushing the radio down onto the desktop to insert the battery. It's also important to download from the radio better uploading, every time CHIRP is run. If the Vendor and Model fields are grayed out in the upload menu, it probably won't work. After downloading, the radio is still in ADMS mode and despite the CHIRP upload instructions, it's not necessary to pop the battery out and back in. Follow the rest of the instructions to upload to the radio. Don't use any lower case letters in the CHIRP Name field because they display as spaces on the FT-70DR. And CHIRP doesn't support Yaesu System Fusion - only FM and AM.

HRO in Anaheim ca.

It’s c4fm based like DMR. I like Yaesu system fusion personally.

@@HamRadioCrashCourse awesome! Everyone seems to either like dstar or fusion.. But ile go fusion probably better in the event we get nuked which most likely will occur

Not being sarcastic...did you read the manual? It's a pretty straightforward radio to operate if you've read the manual.

😂 Read the manual, Einstein.

Yikes man. What’s your questions. I can answer them and help you out.

Maybe it's you. I don't have any license or training and I had this running in a day and mastered in a week.