Very good, I will order it Monday August 11 2014. Thank you. I plain to put it to my atv and one to my house. Buying it for my atv4x4 new in September of 2014. Great job.
Have had this radio for several months; like it lots. Very nice rig. Do wish I could use the internals for data modes such that external TNC isn't needed. Nice review.
There are some minor errors in the video regarding licensing. First, the ARRL is only one of fourteen different organizations conducting amateur radio license exams in the US. Some, such as the one I volunteer with, offer exams as often as weekly. Also, the three license classes are Technician, General and Amateur Extra, (not "Expert.") Amateur radio clubs are not authorized to process licensing paperwork. Only the fourteen "VECs" (Volunteer Examiner Coordinators) that administer the exams are authorized to handle the paperwork and submit it to the FCC.
well done 216 papa bravo this short video was useful. as a full licence holder who has been using ham radio for over 30 years call sign G6LLP. now a full licence holder.
Hi Dave, if you are speaking of 'air' as in airport towers, plane to plane and ATC and the like, you just have to program in the receive freqs (you will not be able to transmit there) and you can listen to Air Traffic Control and Tower traffic. Have a great day!
Just a word of caution to preppers that think they can communicate in disasters. Depending on the circumstances of the crisis the repeaters that allow 2 meter hand held or mobiles for that matter, will be inoperable. You will be limited to the power of your particular radio and your antenna system. If you want dependable long range communication you will need a radio capable of using the HF ( high frequency) bands shown on the band plan. This will require the General or Extra license.
You are correct that digital is only on the 'A' band. Remember that both bands can be active at the same time. so you can listen to digital 'A' band and 440 on the 'B' band at the same time. Thanks for the comment!
KK6DEC why you'r telling us on the begin of the Video that you don't have a license? Maybe that is not your license but how you can transmit legal on a HAM Band?
Sorry if you misunderstood... When I first bought the Wouxun radios I did not have a license. But I started to study and indeed passed the test and I do have an FCC issued license, Tech class!
Hello that sound nice - first if i see this Video i can't trust that a non license owner make a transmission. But in your case Gratulation! to your new extendet Hobby! Congratulation 73 de OE1DOA and all the Best! Volker
you can listen all you want, in fact that is what I did. I had a scanner I noticed alot of activity in my area. I listened a good 6 months then I got my license. of course you can look at various sites that has a list of license holders turns out there are over 200 in my area but 10 to 20 are very active on 2m 7cm
Yes. It is meant as a remote mount for the face plate, while the unit is mounted elsewhere (hidden). For me I did build a wooden box to house all of the components for my workshop. 73's and good luck!
@@216PapaBravo When u build your wood box send me what it looks like if u will and the size. Im going to buy this radios someday going to have a box made for it not going to put this nice of a radio in the van trying to get some views of what to make thanks
The most important step of 'prepping' for the vast majority of ham operators is to lose 90 LBS. Most hams can't run more than 20 feet without risking a cerebral or cardiovascular accident.
"The technician licence allows you to BROADCAST on 2 meter 70 CM band" FCC rules strictly prohibit Broadcasting on any ham band !! This type of mistake must be the result of people simply memorizing the questions to the test.
Dan Nelson No, you are wrong, because one of the questions on the Technician test involved the definition of "broadcasting." So, if someone had simply memorized the questions, they would know. Your kind of a response is a result of someone having something too far up their rear. Relax. This kind of mistake is usually the result having a life and not spending all their time in front of a radio. Heaven forbid someone accidentally use the word "broadcast" in lieu of "transmit" when speaking to laymen.
techbrute We have a name for people with attitudes like yours, LID, Free bander..... If you have no respect for others and no respect for the rules and adhering to the proper terminology and definitions then why bother getting a ham radio licence in the first place. Whats the motivation are you trying to impress people pretending to have knowledge that you don't actually have and have no interest in attaining. If that's the case than you should just forfeit your ticket and go back and join your free bander buddies.. Obviously unlike you I have respect for knowledge, ham radio and ham radio operators who operate according to the rules we have put in place for ourselves. Real hams understand that these rules aren't a government plot to deprive us our rights and freedom but are in place to create order out of chaos. The rules that we as hams operate under are there to prevent ham radio from turning into the cluster fuk known as CB, which your attitude clearly suggests you belong .. Broadcasting on ham radio bands is not only against the rules it also violates the very spirit of ham radio. Amazing how far ham radio has deteriorated, At one time ham radio was dominated by progressive minds, the hobby was loaded with nothing but scientists and engineers from places like ames research center,lawrence livermore national laboratory, NOAA, NASA ................. As could be expected the focus of the hobby back then was primarily on science, engineering, radio and propagation theory. back then you couldn't turn on a radio without hearing a highly technical engineering discussion taking place. Ever since they published the answers to the FCC tests and the focus changed from science, engineering, and education to emergency communications the hobby became subverted. Long gone are the scientists and engineers now the hobby has been mainly propagated by nothing but a bunch of illiterate anti government zombie apocalypse preppers and ecomm wannabe cop whackos out to save the world with their orange vest and HT. Nowadays when you turn on the radio instead of inspiring intellectual conversations all you hear are Zombie Apocalypse preppers, Obama birther conspiracy nuts and anti government global warming conspiracy whackers not to mention, lately we've had to listen to the incoherent babbling of the jade helm conspiracy theorists babbling away about yet another government conspiracy, sheezz the list of idiots who have infiltrated ham radio since the dumbing down of the tests is endless, these new anti government anti regulation freebander wanabe hams have pretty much driven anyone who knew anything about electronics and radio out of the hobby and into robotics and microelectronics. It's so sad to see a one highly respected radio service and hobby taken over by anti government conspiracy theorists. As could be expected the vast majority of these new hams most of whom are zombie apocalypse preppers have no respect for rules or anyone other than themselves and wouldn't without youtube and Google know the difference between capacitance and inductance or couldn't calculate the difference in DB between 50 watts and 1500 watts, But hey there was a Tea Party net on 2 meters last night bashing the dully elected president of the United States.. So much for the integrity and spirit of ham radio. Of course what do you expect when they publish all the answers to the test on the internet so any idiot with an IQ of 10 can memorize the questions and without a single shred of actual electronics or math knowledge get a ham ticket. AT one time a Ham ticket meant something, unfortunately Today a ham radio ticket isn't worth the paper its printed on, Many of us long time hams feel it's time for the Government to go ahead and get rid of the test and open up the ham bands for the rest of the CB'rs who aren't smart enough to memorize a few test answers.. But hey that's FTM400 is a nice little VHF/UHF FM rig, I have one in my truck and really like it. Bet you didn't now that AX25 is native to Linux and built right into the Linux kernel. BTW AX25 is the network protocol APRS uses, You know what APRS is right ? its one of those things that was invented and developed by a bunch of liberal geeks and it's one of the primary functions of this radio. But hey why bother actually knowing what AX25 is when all a lid's got to do is open a catalog, write a check and order their new radio toy with no need to actually understand how or why it works, Just plug and play so they can get on their air and bitch about the rules and berate the liberal engineers and hams who actually know enough to build and design the equipment that makes all this possible in the first place. Inductance Inductive Reactance capacitance capacitance Reactance Impedance Resistance Reactance Resonance Joule Lenz’s Law Linear Skin effect, velocity of propagation Permeability Smith Chart deviation Noise figure percentage of modulation Sporatic-E Tropo F2 Aurora Back Scatter Broadcasting vs Operating These aren't just words you memorize to pass a test, they actually mean something and most hams at one time actually had a working understanding and knowledge of what they meant, today the vast majority of hams couldn't define half these terms without resorting to googling them.
YEASU? Really? That must be the 1st cousin of a YAESU maybe? They even put YAESU right on the FRONT of the radio & several times on the box & owners manual. {:>) LOL
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Great thank you .. great info clearly put ..
Very good, I will order it Monday August 11 2014. Thank you. I plain to put it to my atv and one to my house.
Buying it for my atv4x4 new in September of 2014. Great job.
Thanks for the comment. I think you will enjoy the radio. Spend some time using it at home, playing with all of the functions. Enjoy!
Great Video, Thank You for Creating this Video.
Thank you for commenting! Have a great Day!
Have had this radio for several months; like it lots. Very nice rig. Do wish I could use the internals for data modes such that external TNC isn't needed. Nice review.
G.S. Thanks for the kind words! 73's KK6DEC
There are some minor errors in the video regarding licensing. First, the ARRL is only one of fourteen different organizations conducting amateur radio license exams in the US. Some, such as the one I volunteer with, offer exams as often as weekly. Also, the three license classes are Technician, General and Amateur Extra, (not "Expert.") Amateur radio clubs are not authorized to process licensing paperwork. Only the fourteen "VECs" (Volunteer Examiner Coordinators) that administer the exams are authorized to handle the paperwork and submit it to the FCC.
Nice video! Keep in that way!
well done 216 papa bravo this short video was useful. as a full licence holder who has been using ham radio for over 30 years call sign G6LLP. now a full licence holder.
Thanks so much for the kind words. Being relatively new to ham radio it's nice to hear. Still at technician level working on my General. 73's KK6DEC
Thanks
Any idea how to receive the advertised air band. I changed both VFO’s to WIDE receive but still won’t tune there??
Hi Dave, if you are speaking of 'air' as in airport towers, plane to plane and ATC and the like, you just have to program in the receive freqs (you will not be able to transmit there) and you can listen to Air Traffic Control and Tower traffic. Have a great day!
Thanks.... it doesn’t take effect until you turn the radio off and back on again. 👍
cool video
Just a word of caution to preppers that think they can communicate in disasters. Depending on the circumstances of the crisis the repeaters that allow 2 meter hand held or mobiles for that matter, will be inoperable. You will be limited to the power of your particular radio and your antenna system. If you want dependable long range communication you will need a radio capable of using the HF ( high frequency) bands shown on the band plan. This will require the General or Extra license.
I understand that the ftm400 only does digital on the A Band, how do you change the 440 from the B Band to the A Band?
You are correct that digital is only on the 'A' band. Remember that both bands can be active at the same time. so you can listen to digital 'A' band and 440 on the 'B' band at the same time. Thanks for the comment!
KK6DEC why you'r telling us on the begin of the Video that you don't have a license? Maybe that is not your license but how you can transmit legal on a HAM Band?
Sorry if you misunderstood... When I first bought the Wouxun radios I did not have a license. But I started to study and indeed passed the test and I do have an FCC issued license, Tech class!
Hello that sound nice - first if i see this Video i can't trust that a non license owner make a transmission. But in your case Gratulation! to your new extendet Hobby! Congratulation 73 de OE1DOA and all the Best! Volker
Dude go place ham radio police somewhere else.@216PapaBrovo I have the radio and I love it! Your videos have helped me a lot! Thanks. :)
you can listen all you want, in fact that is what I did. I had a scanner I noticed alot of activity in my area. I listened a good 6 months then I got my license. of course you can look at various sites that has a list of license holders turns out there are over 200 in my area but 10 to 20 are very active on 2m 7cm
Hi! can you transmit in other frequencies than 144-146 MHz ? fe can you TX in 150 MHz?
Here are the bands the Yeasu FTM-400 radio work on:
Receive
108 - 137 MHz (Air Band)
137 - 174 MHz (144 MHz HAM)
174 - 400 MHz (GEN1)
400 - 480 MHz (430 MHz HAM)
480 - 999.99 MHz (GEN2) Cellular Blocked (North American model)
Transmitter
144 - 146 MHz or 144 - 148 MHz
430 - 440 MHz or 430 - 450 MHz
Thank you fir the information!
On the Yaesu 400 is that the stand that comes with the radio?
Yes. It is meant as a remote mount for the face plate, while the unit is mounted elsewhere (hidden). For me I did build a wooden box to house all of the components for my workshop. 73's and good luck!
@@216PapaBravo When u build your wood box send me what it looks like if u will and the size. Im going to buy this radios someday going to have a box made for it not going to put this nice of a radio in the van trying to get some views of what to make thanks
Is Band B (Bottom screen) 70 CM only ?
No
The most important step of 'prepping' for the vast majority of ham operators is to lose 90 LBS. Most hams can't run more than 20 feet without risking a cerebral or cardiovascular accident.
savage
"The technician licence allows you to BROADCAST on 2 meter 70 CM band"
FCC rules strictly prohibit Broadcasting on any ham band !! This type of mistake must be the result of people simply memorizing the questions to the test.
Dan Nelson No, you are wrong, because one of the questions on the Technician test involved the definition of "broadcasting." So, if someone had simply memorized the questions, they would know.
Your kind of a response is a result of someone having something too far up their rear. Relax.
This kind of mistake is usually the result having a life and not spending all their time in front of a radio. Heaven forbid someone accidentally use the word "broadcast" in lieu of "transmit" when speaking to laymen.
techbrute We have a name for people with attitudes like yours, LID, Free bander..... If you have no respect for others and no respect for the rules and adhering to the proper terminology and definitions then why bother getting a ham radio licence in the first place. Whats the motivation are you trying to impress people pretending to have knowledge that you don't actually have and have no interest in attaining. If that's the case than you should just forfeit your ticket and go back and join your free bander buddies..
Obviously unlike you I have respect for knowledge, ham radio and ham radio operators who operate according to the rules we have put in place for ourselves. Real hams understand that these rules aren't a government plot to deprive us our rights and freedom but are in place to create order out of chaos.
The rules that we as hams operate under are there to prevent ham radio from turning into the cluster fuk known as CB, which your attitude clearly suggests you belong ..
Broadcasting on ham radio bands is not only against the rules it also violates the very spirit of ham radio.
Amazing how far ham radio has deteriorated, At one time ham radio was dominated by progressive minds, the hobby was loaded with nothing but scientists and engineers from places like ames research center,lawrence livermore national laboratory, NOAA, NASA .................
As could be expected the focus of the hobby back then was primarily on science, engineering, radio and propagation theory. back then you couldn't turn on a radio without hearing a highly technical engineering discussion taking place.
Ever since they published the answers to the FCC tests and the focus changed from science, engineering, and education to emergency communications the hobby became subverted. Long gone are the scientists and engineers now the hobby has been mainly propagated by nothing but a bunch of illiterate anti government zombie apocalypse preppers and ecomm wannabe cop whackos out to save the world with their orange vest and HT.
Nowadays when you turn on the radio instead of inspiring intellectual conversations all you hear are Zombie Apocalypse preppers, Obama birther conspiracy nuts and anti government global warming conspiracy whackers not to mention, lately we've had to listen to the incoherent babbling of the jade helm conspiracy theorists babbling away about yet another government conspiracy, sheezz the list of idiots who have infiltrated ham radio since the dumbing down of the tests is endless, these new anti government anti regulation freebander wanabe hams have pretty much driven anyone who knew anything about electronics and radio out of the hobby and into robotics and microelectronics. It's so sad to see a one highly respected radio service and hobby taken over by anti government conspiracy theorists.
As could be expected the vast majority of these new hams most of whom are zombie apocalypse preppers have no respect for rules or anyone other than themselves and wouldn't without youtube and Google know the difference between capacitance and inductance or couldn't calculate the difference in DB between 50 watts and 1500 watts, But hey there was a Tea Party net on 2 meters last night bashing the dully elected president of the United States.. So much for the integrity and spirit of ham radio.
Of course what do you expect when they publish all the answers to the test on the internet so any idiot with an IQ of 10 can memorize the questions and without a single shred of actual electronics or math knowledge get a ham ticket. AT one time a Ham ticket meant something, unfortunately Today a ham radio ticket isn't worth the paper its printed on, Many of us long time hams feel it's time for the Government to go ahead and get rid of the test and open up the ham bands for the rest of the CB'rs who aren't smart enough to memorize a few test answers..
But hey that's FTM400 is a nice little VHF/UHF FM rig, I have one in my truck and really like it. Bet you didn't now that AX25 is native to Linux and built right into the Linux kernel. BTW AX25 is the network protocol APRS uses, You know what APRS is right ? its one of those things that was invented and developed by a bunch of liberal geeks and it's one of the primary functions of this radio.
But hey why bother actually knowing what AX25 is when all a lid's got to do is open a catalog, write a check and order their new radio toy with no need to actually understand how or why it works, Just plug and play so they can get on their air and bitch about the rules and berate the liberal engineers and hams who actually know enough to build and design the equipment that makes all this possible in the first place.
Inductance
Inductive Reactance
capacitance
capacitance Reactance
Impedance
Resistance
Reactance
Resonance
Joule
Lenz’s Law
Linear
Skin effect,
velocity of propagation
Permeability
Smith Chart
deviation
Noise figure
percentage of modulation
Sporatic-E
Tropo
F2
Aurora
Back Scatter
Broadcasting vs Operating
These aren't just words you memorize to pass a test, they actually mean something and most hams at one time actually had a working understanding and knowledge of what they meant, today the vast majority of hams couldn't define half these terms without resorting to googling them.
Dan Nelson There’s a name for people like you as well. it’s called know it all A&&h0le.
@@dannelson8556 Hey Dan....License has a S in it.......Oh...Your Not Perfect Either....WOW!
@@sandybryson7141 take it up with Google Voice recognition
you need to be nearer to radio,
YEASU? Really? That must be the 1st cousin of a YAESU maybe? They even put YAESU right on the FRONT of the radio & several times on the box & owners manual. {:>) LOL
"prepper" ? Ugh. Thumbs down.
Wat are you proving here, everybody can do this !