Yaesu FTM-500D/E First impressions: HAM RADIO
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2023
- I received my Yaesu FTM500D from ML&s today, so I guess its time to do a quick first impressions /look at the radio, after all I have never seen the radio or know if I'm going to like it or not...
The radio retails at £629.95 in the UK (5/5/2023)
Front Speaker with AESS* Dual Speaker System *(AESS: Acoustic Enhanced Speaker System)
Total 9W Clear & Powerful High-fidelity Audio, delivered by the Front Panel 6W and the Main Unit Internal 3W speakers
E2O(Easy to Operate)-IV
Innovative, Smart Operating System with TOUCH&GO / SEARCH&GO / PMG** Functions.
**(PMG: Primary Memory Group Monitor)
- 144MHz, 430MHz C4FM Digital / FM / AM (Air Band Receive)
- True Dual Band Operation, C4FM/C4FM Digital D-D Dual Receive
- Advanced C4FM Digital Mode with AMS (Automatic Mode Select), DG-ID feature and Smart Navigation
- 2.4-inch High-Resolution Full-Color Touch-panel Display and Demountable Front Panel Controller
- Swing-Head adaptable Front Panel improves display visibility
- Single-Touch Spectrum Scope function
- High speed Band Scope function
- Built-in 66ch High precision GPS receiver and External GPS device connectivity
- Wireless Operation Capability with the Bluetooth® Headset - Optional Swing-head Kit (SJMK-500) allows the Flexible angle adjustment of the Front Control Panel
- Customized Function List (CFL) Display allows checking and immediately executing priority functions.
(Up to 8 functions or settings from the set-up menu can be registered.)
- MAG (Memory Auto Grouping) Function allows Memory channels to be automatically categorized in ALL, AIR band, VHF band, UHF band and OTHER.
- VFO Band Skip Function
- Memory Channel Data Transfer to the VFO Register
- Single-Touch Spectrum scope function: Instantly switches the operating screen between "Scope display operation" and "Dual Receive operation"
while in MAIN channel operation
- High speed Band Scope function
*up to 61 channels centered on the current frequency displayed in VFO mode and up to 21 channels of signal information in memory channel mode
- 1104 Memory Channels including 5 "Home" channels, 50 sets of memories for programmable memory scan and 999 "Basic" memories.
- Built-in 66ch High precision GPS receiver and External GPS device connectivity,
- 1200/9600bps APRS® Data Communication
- Wireless Operation Capability with a Bluetooth® Headset
- WiRES-X Portable Digital Node or HRI-200 Fixed Node capability
- Voice Recording of the received and transmitted audio
- 50W Stable High-Power with Heavy Duty Heat Sink and FACC (Funnel Air-Convection Conductor) *Selectable 50W / 25W / 5W
- Micro SD Card Slot (up to 32GB)
Just for fun
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Cheers
Mike - M0MSN
P.S. do not take my word for it, give it a go for yourself. 
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Lovely looking radio, but as others have said, its quite a bit of money. I am not very up to date with all this techno stuff, so my Yaesu FT8800 in my car really does do a good job. I have C4FM on my FT5D which I am yet to use, but I do think having this mode in my car would be useful. Hopefully there will be a few FTM 400's coming on the used market which I think would suit my style of radio. Great vlog and thank you for sharing.
Thank you Mike. You always do such excellent work with your videos.
Thanks Thomas.
Great Video Mike - I think this pushed me firmly into the purchase column for the FTM-500-DR to replace my FTM-400DR.
thanks
Hi John, thanks for the T' :)
Thanks for that Mike. Not got a mobile myself, so interesting stuff 👍🏻
Thanks Ian. xx
Very nice video and great looking radio.
I had mine for a week now. Loving it so far.
Nice 👍
Thank you for the video Mike l was unsure weather to get the 500 or the 400 I still feel a liking tot he 400 but thank you once again Allan G6TMO
Great vid Mike, thanks for posting. I’d buy one it’s just that 2 and 70 are pretty dead to justify fitting in the car (I’d want it for mobile). I drove down from the Midlands to the south coast a month ago and not one QSO. See my dilemma! Yes Im old enough to remember struggling for channel space. I still love 2. 73 Mike
40m was full yesterday. I was listening to people arguing about others taking over their freq with more powerful transmitters.
Ahh the good old days .. lol
As an update, there's now available the ADMS-16 programming software for the FTM-500 DR/DE.
Its the price that holds me away. The FTM400 at around the £350 mark when I got mine, but then the 500 comes in around £630! Why? What is it doing to justify the massive increase in cost? For that money you'd expect it to be all mode and handle SSB as well.
Agreed - add all mode and it would be a great V/UHF radio for base and /P but the price is too close to the 891 for what it is
Agreed, a missed opportunity.
wow...nice radio...
We miss you,Mike!! regrads from Slovenia
Thanks..
If only Yaesu had added SSB etc. It would look good against an FTDX10, or 710. As well as having a go round and excuse for the spend!!
Yep...
I to agree if it had ssb I would be more interested.
Totally agree, far to much money for what it is
Agree also..always said that about the 400xde as well ...lack of ssb is what let's it down ...I'll stick with the 991A and hotspot .
@@RabMac108AT10six I was just looking at that radio at DX! Does it really do all bands? The FT991A that is?
I think it is actually really stupid that YAESU no longer supply the head separation cable with the FTM500 like they did with the FTM300 & FTM400. Why must you now suddenly buy it separately as an 'accessory"? One positive thing is that they now, eventually, put a mic socket on the head unit as well. Looks like an awesome unit.
Made you own separation cable and 3D printed the cradle, now in car...
Nice review, good looking butt expensive radio for a dual-band mobile with no ssb 😔
Hi Mike. Thanks for doing a review on the 500. Looks like a decent rig, but like you said, not worth the extra cash. Yaesu... on point with the 500mA RX consumption, but SSB please. So we can play around with linear sats. Then you can have my money! -Derek
Agreed
How about a follow up Mike? I’m interested in how this new rig has worked out and whether you’ve installed in the car. I’m on the cusp of whether to or not as I’m just not sure whether I’d get the use as 2 is pretty dire. Great vid regards Mike
no programming software is a big bummer. it would be nice if it could do SSB and usb/lsb so yall could use it for FT8 as well. 73s from PD0ROH
It's a fantastic looking quaility of a radio.I'd have to slap myself silly to pay £630 or the XYL will albeit a Japanese Yaesu. My chinglish retevis CT95's @ £100 are pretty much enough colour screens for me. I guess I'm an amateur of amateur R.
Enjoy
I still recovering! My wallet is not talking to me at present. :)
Thanks for the honest review Mike it looks like the same as the 400 except for the head my question is did they fix the overheating issue they had with the 400 even the late versions was having trouble with heating de W9US
Only time will tell???
I like your channel a great deal, indeed I watched all of your DX commander videos with great interest as I have one on order as we speak.
I am however loathed to subscribe to your channel since I suffer badly with bananaphobia. This may seem amusing to a non sufferer, but I can assure it is a very real issue for me. Can you please explain your graphics to me?
Yes, a long time ago Callum (DX Commander) used the expression 3dBi to measure the gain on an item and he said you may as well be saying bananas, 3 Banana gain ... I liked this, and it stuck..
I think you'd have to be a big C4FM user or really like the ergonomics of that radio to justify that price for basically a 2/70 FM rig and I say that as someone that can see six Yaesu radios from where I'm sat. Like others have said lack of SSB is a shame (at that price), at some point with SDR/DSP tech getting so cheap hopefully we'll see some multimode VHF/UHF kit in the future.
Missed this Mike - great video as always ! How is the air to air heat pump? cheers, Mark, 2E0MSR.
It's all good mate thanks.
Next video Mike.. RC-2000 in the motor!
Yes going to push that a little down the road, until I find away to fix another antenna on the car?? but soon.
Informative video Mike, a little to expensive me thinks.
You and me both!
Is there a nifty stand for the head Mike? So it can be desk mounted in the shack? I bought a new FTM400 before I had to dismantle my shack last September (for building work), and I really am not sure whether to move that on (new and unused) and get one of these, or just go for the FT991A. The FTM500 does look nice, but no SSB is a real own goal. That said, the 991A is long in the tooth now and could really do with an update - perhaps in the FTDX10 chassis with the nice high res screen etc. I'm rambling, sorry. Enjoy the radio :)
Well I still love the 991A, you have some great choices out there John... good luck.
@@mike-M0MSN Me too. It's a real Swiss Army knife of a radio.
Didnt know Rab C Nesbitt was a Ham Op lol , looks a nice thing , has your thoughts improoved yet?
It's beginning to grow on me! Just wish Yaesu would supply the separation kit and programming software for the price tag.
It's interesting how the electronics of the transceiver keep getting smaller while they scale up the face plate controls.
Yep. lol
And the price.
Mike, the RT SYSTEMS S/W is available right now for the 500.. Far far superior than Yeasu's own stuff.
Thanks for the video Mike and the time and effort put in in making and sharing it.
It is sad to see that the UK is way more expensive than WIMO in Germany for this radio.
At the UK price, the separation cable should have been included.
Also... laminating the card should have been done.
Yeasu Yeasu... will you ever learn?
Albert.
EI7II.
Yep, I have downloaded the RTsystems S/W and it works perfectly brilliant :)
@@mike-M0MSN Mike... I am a well and truly Yeasu man... but to give RT Systems their due. Their S/W is fantastic. I am very active on most digital modes. The countless times the RT Sys menu editor for the FT991A has recovered my beacon are too numerous to mention. I have it for ALL my radios. It's interesting to note that their S/W is out.. while Yeasu's is still lacking.
Do keep up the great videos and the amount of work and effort you are putting in is very much appreciated !
Albert.
PS: Just run the Yeasu coulor A4 thru a decent laminator. Suggest the 120 type pouches... the 80 ones are too thin. For the love of me I just cannot fathom why Yeasu treats us Europeans as second class citizens.
@@mike-M0MSN Mike what cable do you use to programm or can you make one yourselves? My friend PD0AGW is thinking in buying one for his motorhome but likes to know after a month what you think about it. 73s from PD0ROH
thanks for the first impressions. i do wonder if you will keep the radio or return it?
I do not believe in the hit and run tac tic, I made the decision to purchase the radio, I will live with that decision. I have installed it in my car and will use it for the next 3-4 months and review it again.
@@mike-M0MSN jolly good
I want to see what Icom can respond with. Take the ID-52 and place it in a mobile base unit with 50W power.
Regards
Nick.W - M0NYY
Yes that would be nice.
Should be £499.
The FTM-500 Has no more Functionality than the FTM-300 , There may be menu software changes and "AESS" an extra speaker with a tilt head, but really no other new Features, to warrant the cost of the 500, Just get the 300 It is just as good
300 is an excellent radio. I own 100, 300 & 400 but I'll pass on the 500 as it's just too much money.
Could not agree more. Have 2 of the FT300's here and am delighted with them.
@@2m0rot the 500 is only 190.00 difference
Ma il 300 come caratteristiche, non è superiore al 400 ?
What’s the difference between the d and the dr
frequency US and EU markets
How did you programme it?
By hand, then I purchased the RT Systems S/W -- perfect :)
@@mike-M0MSN It is a handsome beast Mike, enjoy.
How to get the Tile version of the Menus ruclips.net/video/26AeUPpahhI/видео.html
No SSB??
Yep not good....
Will you be sticking this in the car soon?
Done it to day :)
Once Yaesu put out the 400xdr, it's just stupid to put out this hand held toy size screen . As old man Bush said NOT gonna do it.
Yaesu are lacking a modern mobile radio with SSB with the 857D ending. A dual band C4FM / SSB mobile would have me running to my wallet to fetch my bank card in an instant.
Yep, Missed opportunity.
"Made in China, Assembled in Japan" doesn't quite have the same ring to it. 🤭 Nice mobile, but I don't use FM so not one for me.
Mike Mike Three - Trans World Airlines 🤭
I dont like the fact the S-Meter has no numbers
Bloody hell that's a lot of money for a radio that fails to bring anything new to the table.
And a resistive touch screen!? The year 2000 called and it wants it's tech back. Okay granted rain operation is difficult with capacitive but given the holes in the casing, who the heck will be taking this outside in a moisture laden situation?
LOL,
The “sub-band” design is a terrible flaw and a big zonk on Yaesu. I’m STILL not used to it. Both VFOs on the 400 had equal capability and were much more user friendly, particularly in a mobile environment. This new concept is cumbersome and annoying.
Agreed
hope you enjoy it. m0fsd
I will. :)
Nice Review. Looks great Quality G0PWX
Thanks
Thanks Enjoyed -M0FXB
Great radio, time will tell...
£620, i wouldn't pay any more than 500 for one, so i guess i wont have one, unless the price goes down of course....F g4vvq.