Yaesu: Help with Yaesu FT-65R programming software, please?

[ko6jw_2]

There is another aspect to this that has not been mentioned. Ham radio uses wideband. Public safety frequencies above 150MHz have been required to use narrow band for a number of years. The effect is that the FT65 will over deviate. Your signal will not be received correctly by Part 90 radios. This could result in distortion or dropouts. It could potentially cause interference to adjacent channels. This is why you need to use a type accepted radio.

The FT65 can be set for narrow band. However, not on a channel by channel basis. Thus, if you get a ham license you will have a low audio level on ham frequencies.

Ambulance service is by definition a life or death situation. Using the right radio is key to saving lives. Using a bargain priced non-type accepted radio is contrary to everything you are supposed to stand for.

 

[MTS2000des]

The FT-65 can't be setup for independent TX/RX frequencies, even in the ham band where it is the only place it can be LEGALLY used by a licensed amateur on part 97 frequencies.

 

[k6cpo]

There are inexpensive type accepted Part 90 radios available that are user programmable. When I was volunteer train crew at a railway museum that has their own part 90 license, there were never enough radios to go around so I bought my own. Some of the other volunteers had their own Motorolas, but I couldn't afford it. Instead I picked up a couple of relatively inexpensive Wouxun Part 90 radios. These worked very well for me and I still have them, although they don't get much use now. The radios (and others) are available from Powerwerx.

https://powerwerx.com/two-way-radios