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title: Yaesu FT-3D
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date: 2020-05-24
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lastmod: 2024-09-28T23:48:06+0000
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C4FM is one of the easiest digital operating mode to set up. Enter your
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callsign and you're good to go.
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All in all, the FT-3D is a nice and handy radio.
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## Keys and buttons
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I like the arrangement of the `PTT` and the knob on the top is very usable.
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## Easy to use T-CALL
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One button below the `PTT` is the `MONI/T-CALL` button located, which you can
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either configure as a `MONITOR` button (opens both receiver at once) or as
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`T-CALL` button, which sends out a 1750Hz tone immediately.
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### Opening SQL when you use T-CALL
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When you configured your `MONI/T-CALL` button for `T-CALL`, you can open the
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squelch by pressing the `SQL` button (between `MONI/T-CALL` and `POWER` button)
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and then use the volume knob to reduce or increase the squelch level.
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## Full APRS
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But it cannot use [Voice Alert][va]. Nonetheless a device which can send and
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receive APRS packets is not seen very often on portable devices. Not even the
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new Icom ID-52 has APRS support.
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[va]: http://www.aprs.org/VoiceAlert3.html
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Send and receive APRS including messaging.
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## Color screen
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The screen is okay and you see instantly which band is active at the moment.
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Using the touch screen is very intuitive, although I personally prefer devices
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with no touch screen at all. I never had any problems with the coloring or
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the brightness at all, but YMMV.
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## Transmit power
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The FT-3D supports 4 power levels: LOW1 (0.3W), LOW2 (1W), LOW3 (2.5W) and
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HIGH (5W).
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| Power output on 2m and 70cm | |
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| ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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| Power setting | Output 2m | Output 70cm |
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| :------------ | :-------- | :---------- |
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| LOW1 | 350 mW | 340 mW |
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| LOW2 | 1.00 W | 972 mW |
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| LOW3 | 2.80 W | 2.44 W |
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| HIGH | 5.66 W | 4.87 W |
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## Band scope
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This is probably the first portable radio that I bought which had a band scope.
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The scope itself is quite usable, it let's you split the screen width into
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19, 39 or 79 bars of details. I usually switch between 39 and 79 bars to get
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the best results.
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## Dual receive (D.RCV)
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## Preset receiver memory channels (P.RCVR)
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Change with `BAND` button between Weather broadcast (WX CH), international VHF
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marine radio (INTVHF) or international shortwave broadcast (SW) channels.
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For shortwave listening (only AM, no SSB), a longer antenna may not be a bad
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idea.
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## AF-DUAL receive function (A.DUAL)
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This enables radio broadcast reception on the A band receiver. The radio
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reception is interrupted, when a signals is receiver on either A or B band
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receivers.
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## Built-in GPS receiver
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GPS is a handy function, but it drains the battery. You may also use pre-defined
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locations for APRS and save some battery life if you are stationary.
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## Cross-band memory channels
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The FT-3D lets you save memories that use 2m for receive but 70cm for transmit,
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for example. The repeater _OE7XZR_ (Zugspitze, Tyrol) is one of them. It sends
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on 145.57500 MHz but receives on 432.57500 MHz.
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## Recordings
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Although the recordings are sometimes quite buggy, I really appreciate this
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function on newer radios. No need to pull out your smartphone to get a recording
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on tape.
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