@@WJ6FRadio Greg, have you tried programming the radio via the computer software and SD card? I have my radio now and can't get the radio to read the card after having added repeaters to the SD card.
I've had mine for several months and it seems to be a pretty good radio. I like how the radio can be removed from the bracket without having to unscrew it. The GPS receiver sometimes takes 10 minutes or so to detect the GPS signal. One thing that confuses me is that the box contains a longer cable for the control head, but the microphone still needs to be close to the transceiver. I had to order a microphone extension because I have the transceiver mounted under the passenger seat in my car. One little quirk... when I am in APRS mode and I go into the menus, if a signal/data comes in with a station's call sign, location, etc the radio will still show me the APRS screen. It would be nice if the radio would hold off showing the APRS screen until I am back out of the menus. Not even one month after purchasing my radio, my water bottle slid off my car seat and hit the display. Now there is a nice blotch in the center of the display.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I wish they would have made it so the mic plugs into the head unit. I too do not like getting kicked out of the menu when in APRS. Hopefully with some update they will fix that.
OK I figured out how to make an equivalent to the "banks" that we are used to (FT 7900 radio for example), bu ton the FTM 300. The Advanced yaesu PDF is minimally helpful. Steps: 1) put the group you want to scan into the regular memory slots (there are 999, so spread them out in groups for example). Then go to the "limit memories" tab in the YPS m300 USB software from rtsystems. If you want to scan stations 300 to 315 for example, you must put channel 300 as a lower limit, and 315 as upper limit, in a limit memory pair. Then in memory mode on the radio (V/M button) put the station to 300 and click scan, either from the mic or the scan menu on the face. It will scan just 300-315. So it's not as easy as banks in the FT 7900. but it's better than just one bank. The secret is in rtsystems software, using the limit memories tab. I hope that helps. KE0RRN
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Thank you for posting this! This will be a bog help since I travel to Las Vegas quite a bit, and have a number of repeaters from there stored.
Yes, I found that out after HRO told me it was required. Of course I had to open it to read instructions, which informed me of their mistake, and since I opened it they would not correct their mistake.
Very clear video. One question, if you push and hold the A/B button will the display go to a single frequency display mode like the FT-3DR handheld? That makes the display larger and shows better view of the tag line. That would help me with older eyes. Thanks.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately not that I have found. Hopefully they will do an update and add that feature.
in your video the tranceiver goes from digital mode (bar above the FM sign on the screen) after inputting and reset your call to analog mode ...(the bar above the fm sign is disapeared) when you go further. can you tell me how you did this? i'm looking for days to get my tranceiver in analog mode but can't find how tho do this... so, out of the box, put in my call sign and reset the tranceiver, the 144 MHZ en 440 MHZ are in digital mode (bar above fm) and wil not receive any analog signal. in your video i see that the bars above FM on both vfo's are gone.. please...how did you do that?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. To the left of the screen the button below GM will be the DX button. If you push that one it should toggle through and allow you to pick analog or digital. Hope this helps!
@@WJ6FRadio thanks for answering my question but the DS button doesn't react on short push as it should… maybe there is a setting that must be set first? or.. bug in my receiver..?
In my truck I have the ICOM 2730A mounted with the T Head power cable run from the battery. After my last overland trip I now know I need APRS function on a mobile unit and not the HT I have. WOULD I BE ABLE TO USE THE 2730 POWER CABLE FOR THE FTM-300? THEY ARE BOTH THE T HEAD STYLE? I just hate running wires through the firewall!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. If they both have the same T connector I don't see why it wouldn't work. I have used the same power line for an Icom IC-5100 and a Yaesu FTM-400.
@@WJ6FRadio Thank you for getting back to me! I did talk to HRO and they verified that the ICOM power cable will work with the FTM-300! SO it will be a simple swap of radios in my rig. Take care and Happy New Year!!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. You might be able to input the GMRS/FRS frequencies for receiving, but not for transmitting as they are outside of the 70cm (440 MHz) band which is 420-450 MHz. Plus there are several FCC rules about antenna size and transmit power for FRS and/or GMRS. Yaesu may have blocked anything out side of the 70 cm band.
Seems a retrograde step to have only a single user definable memory bank after having liked them and loved them on the FT3D. Also, the QSO recording currently has no option to start a new recording automatically on each QSO as one can on ICOMs. Would be so easy to have the option. Let's hope a few extra features can be added witha firmware update!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Personally I haven't found a reason for wanting to record, unless it is for contesting and you don't want to miss anyones call sign.
More memory banks would make this a much more useful radio for people who drive between several cities. Scanning just the UHF or VHF or the "group" function I suppose might narrow the scan length some, but there are over a thousand slots on this radio. Nostalgia: my FT 7900 had five speed dial buttons on the front . I used them for near, farther out in city, and then to monitor GMRS/FRS , and one for a city I travel to. No dice with the FTM 300. But, the 7900 did not have digital. So I hope the digital is worth it!.
Hi one thing that nobody seems to know is how to enter rooms into the category memories C1 to C5 , not even Yaesu seem to know ? there is no add option ! any idea's would be appreciated best regards
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Functionally speaking they are pretty much the same. I do prefer how your program repeaters in the FTM-300. My old eyeballs prefer the FTM-400 screen size. I also like the touch screen on the FTM-400. Not sure why the FTM-300 doesn't have touch screen especially since it is the same size as the FT3
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. According to the CHIRP website it doesn't look like you can program the FTM-300 with CHIRP.
For me it keep it in my “shack” since I use the FTM-400 in the car. So for me it is only for rag chewing. I don’t use the APRS on it. I am not sure how much the of a price difference nor features the new FTM-500 will have over the FTM-300. If not we’re me I would hold out until the FTM-500 is released.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I have not been able to figure out how so I am calling Yaesu this morning to see if it will.
Yes, it does. But it doesn't support C4FM to C4FM crossband, as the Fusion protocol doesn't allows a repeater to repeat a repeater. But it allows Analog to Analog or C4FM to Analog.
Very informative and clearly delivered. I am ordering my FTM-300D tomorrow and will follow your instructions.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I have been rather impressed by the FTM-300.
@@WJ6FRadio Greg, have you tried programming the radio via the computer software and SD card? I have my radio now and can't get the radio to read the card after having added repeaters to the SD card.
I've had mine for several months and it seems to be a pretty good radio. I like how the radio can be removed from the bracket without having to unscrew it. The GPS receiver sometimes takes 10 minutes or so to detect the GPS signal. One thing that confuses me is that the box contains a longer cable for the control head, but the microphone still needs to be close to the transceiver. I had to order a microphone extension because I have the transceiver mounted under the passenger seat in my car. One little quirk... when I am in APRS mode and I go into the menus, if a signal/data comes in with a station's call sign, location, etc the radio will still show me the APRS screen. It would be nice if the radio would hold off showing the APRS screen until I am back out of the menus. Not even one month after purchasing my radio, my water bottle slid off my car seat and hit the display. Now there is a nice blotch in the center of the display.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I wish they would have made it so the mic plugs into the head unit. I too do not like getting kicked out of the menu when in APRS. Hopefully with some update they will fix that.
OK I figured out how to make an equivalent to the "banks" that we are used to (FT 7900 radio for example), bu ton the FTM 300. The Advanced yaesu PDF is minimally helpful. Steps: 1) put the group you want to scan into the regular memory slots (there are 999, so spread them out in groups for example). Then go to the "limit memories" tab in the YPS m300 USB software from rtsystems. If you want to scan stations 300 to 315 for example, you must put channel 300 as a lower limit, and 315 as upper limit, in a limit memory pair. Then in memory mode on the radio (V/M button) put the station to 300 and click scan, either from the mic or the scan menu on the face. It will scan just 300-315. So it's not as easy as banks in the FT 7900. but it's better than just one bank. The secret is in rtsystems software, using the limit memories tab. I hope that helps. KE0RRN
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Thank you for posting this! This will be a bog help since I travel to Las Vegas quite a bit, and have a number of repeaters from there stored.
FYI you don’t need a Hri-200 anymore. That radio can use the new PDN mode
Thanks for the reminder! I spaced the whole PDN feature.
Yes, I found that out after HRO told me it was required. Of course I had to open it to read instructions, which informed me of their mistake, and since I opened it they would not correct their mistake.
Great review, is this transceiver a full dual band receive or only receive one frequency at the time?
Very clear video. One question, if you push and hold the A/B button will the display go to a single frequency display mode like the FT-3DR handheld? That makes the display larger and shows better view of the tag line. That would help me with older eyes. Thanks.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Yes, I believe so.
I have this radio in my truck. Is there a way to swap the tag with the frequency on the screen? It's hard to read the tag because it's so small.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately not that I have found. Hopefully they will do an update and add that feature.
in your video the tranceiver goes from digital mode (bar above the FM sign on the screen) after inputting and reset your call to analog mode ...(the bar above the fm sign is disapeared) when you go further. can you tell me how you did this? i'm looking for days to get my tranceiver in analog mode but can't find how tho do this...
so, out of the box, put in my call sign and reset the tranceiver, the 144 MHZ en 440 MHZ are in digital mode (bar above fm) and wil not receive any analog signal. in your video i see that the bars above FM on both vfo's are gone..
please...how did you do that?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. To the left of the screen the button below GM will be the DX button. If you push that one it should toggle through and allow you to pick analog or digital. Hope this helps!
@@WJ6FRadio thanks for answering my question but the DS button doesn't react on short push as it should… maybe there is a setting that must be set first? or.. bug in my receiver..?
In my truck I have the ICOM 2730A mounted with the T Head power cable run from the battery. After my last overland trip I now know I need APRS function on a mobile unit and not the HT I have. WOULD I BE ABLE TO USE THE 2730 POWER CABLE FOR THE FTM-300? THEY ARE BOTH THE T HEAD STYLE? I just hate running wires through the firewall!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. If they both have the same T connector I don't see why it wouldn't work. I have used the same power line for an Icom IC-5100 and a Yaesu FTM-400.
@@WJ6FRadio Thank you for getting back to me! I did talk to HRO and they verified that the ICOM power cable will work with the FTM-300! SO it will be a simple swap of radios in my rig. Take care and Happy New Year!!
Just got mine .still playing with it .can you program GMRS/FRS. Frequency in .Thanks KC3PVO Mike
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. You might be able to input the GMRS/FRS frequencies for receiving, but not for transmitting as they are outside of the 70cm (440 MHz) band which is 420-450 MHz. Plus there are several FCC rules about antenna size and transmit power for FRS and/or GMRS. Yaesu may have blocked anything out side of the 70 cm band.
Seems a retrograde step to have only a single user definable memory bank after having liked them and loved them on the FT3D. Also, the QSO recording currently has no option to start a new recording automatically on each QSO as one can on ICOMs. Would be so easy to have the option. Let's hope a few extra features can be added witha firmware update!
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Personally I haven't found a reason for wanting to record, unless it is for contesting and you don't want to miss anyones call sign.
More memory banks would make this a much more useful radio for people who drive between several cities. Scanning just the UHF or VHF or the "group" function I suppose might narrow the scan length some, but there are over a thousand slots on this radio. Nostalgia: my FT 7900 had five speed dial buttons on the front . I used them for near, farther out in city, and then to monitor GMRS/FRS , and one for a city I travel to. No dice with the FTM 300. But, the 7900 did not have digital. So I hope the digital is worth it!.
Hi one thing that nobody seems to know is how to enter rooms into the category memories C1 to C5 , not even Yaesu seem to know ? there is no add option ! any idea's would be appreciated best regards
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I will see if I can find s something out.
@@WJ6FRadio Thank you..
Seems like the main difference between the 300 and 400 is the screen size. Otherwise, they seem quite similar in capabilities.
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. Functionally speaking they are pretty much the same. I do prefer how your program repeaters in the FTM-300. My old eyeballs prefer the FTM-400 screen size. I also like the touch screen on the FTM-400. Not sure why the FTM-300 doesn't have touch screen especially since it is the same size as the FT3
The FTM-300 has some new features. See here for a detailled comparison of both radios: facebook.com/groups/ftm300d/permalink/543852176189757/
I am having a hard time deciding on which one to get. I have been leaning towards the ftm 400
Can you use CHIRP or another program to program the 300D? Or do you have to manually enter theinfo?
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. According to the CHIRP website it doesn't look like you can program the FTM-300 with CHIRP.
I am using the RTsystems yps m300 software ($50.00), but worth it. This radio has a thousand memory slots.
RT Systems…$25 and you’re done. Use an SD card reader and skip the expensive cable.
What the best use for this radio
For me it keep it in my “shack” since I use the FTM-400 in the car. So for me it is only for rag chewing. I don’t use the APRS on it. I am not sure how much the of a price difference nor features the new FTM-500 will have over the FTM-300. If not we’re me I would hold out until the FTM-500 is released.
Will it cross-band repeat? Good video
Thank you for taking the time to watch and the comment! It is greatly appreciated. I have not been able to figure out how so I am calling Yaesu this morning to see if it will.
Yes, it does. But it doesn't support C4FM to C4FM crossband, as the Fusion protocol doesn't allows a repeater to repeat a repeater. But it allows Analog to Analog or C4FM to Analog.
I did get in touch with them, and will putting out a video on crossband repeat.
Here is a link to the cross band repeat video. ruclips.net/video/cykfbJPibgk/видео.html