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title: Yaesu FT-3D
date: 2020-05-24T20:48:51+02:00
categories: [ 'amateur-radio' ]
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C4FM as one of the easiest digital operating mode to set up. Enter your
callsign and you're good to go.
https://www.yaesu.com/indexVS.cfm?cmd=DisplayProducts&ProdCatID=111&encProdID=84807B1262BFED6AC816544D94D310E3&DivisionID=65&isArchived=0
All in all, the FT-3D is a nice and handy radio.
## Keys and buttons
I like the arrangement of the `PTT` and the knob on the top is very usable.
## Easy to use T-CALL
One button below the `PTT` is the `MONI/T-CALL` button located, which you can
either configure as a `MONITOR` button (opens both receiver at once) or as
`T-CALL` button, which sends out a 1750Hz tone immediately.
### Opening SQL when you use T-CALL
When you configured your `MONI/T-CALL` button for `T-CALL`, you can open the
squelch by pressing the `SQL` button (between `MONI/T-CALL` and `POWER` button)
and then use the volume knob to reduce or increase the squelch level.
## Full APRS
But it cannot use [Voice Alert][va]. Nonetheless a device which can send and
receive APRS packets is not seen very often on portable devices. Not even the
new Icom ID-52 has APRS support.
[va]: http://www.aprs.org/VoiceAlert3.html
## Color screen
The screen is okay and you see instantly which band is active at the moment.
Using the touch screen is very intuitive, although I personally prefer devices
with no touch screen at all. I never had any problems with the coloring or
the brightness at all, but YMMV.
## Transmit power
The FT-3D supports 4 power levels: LOW1 (0.3W), LOW2 (1W), LOW3 (2.5W) and
HIGH (5W).
## Band scope
This is probably the first portable radio that I bought which had a band scope.
The scope itself is quite usable, it let's you split the screen width into
19, 39 or 79 bars of details. I usually switch between 39 and 79 bars to get
the best results.
## Dual receive (D.RCV)
## Preset receiver memory channels (P.RCVR)
Change with `BAND` button between Weather broadcast (WX CH), international VHF
marine radio (INTVHF) or international shortwave broadcast (SW) channels.
For shortwave listening (only AM, no SSB), a longer antenna may not be a bad
idea.
## AF-DUAL receive function (A.DUAL)
This enables radio broadcast reception on the A band receiver. The radio
reception is interrupted, when a signals is receiver on either A or B band
receivers.
## Built-in GPS receiver
GPS is a handy function, but it drains the battery. You may also use pre-defined
locations for APRS and save some battery life if you are stationary.
## Cross-band memory channels
The FT-3D lets you save memories that use 2m for receive but 70cm for transmit,
for example. The repeater _OE7XZR_ (Zugspitze, Tyrol) is one of them. It sends
on 145.57500 MHz but receives on 432.57500 MHz.
## Recordings
Although the recordings are sometimes quite buggy, I really appreciate this
function on newer radios. No need to pull out your smartphone to get a recording
on tape.