Yaesu: Yaesu ft-70 question.

[scannersnstuff]

Although it say's automatic mode change, does the Yaesu ft-70 receive milair in am ?. I am looking into going with either a ft-60, or ft-70 for my amateur ht/scanner.Thank's for any help.

 

[w2xq]

Apparently yes. Did you look at Welcome to Yaesu.com and download the manual? The manual should give you a definitive answer. I'd expect you will need a different antenna though.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Apparently yes. Did you look at Welcome to Yaesu.com and download the manual? The manual should give you a definitive answer. I'd expect you will need a different antenna though.

Thank you. I found the part about automatic mode,but in the spec's it states for the milair band "fm".

 

[ko6jw_2]

Above 300Mhz it receives AM, but below 300 it is FM. I tested it with RT Systems software and tried to program 243.00 and FM is the only modulation choice. Not a good radio for mil-air.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Thank you, I think I'll go with a ft-60.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Thank you, I think I'll go with a ft-60.

I think they did it a little bass ackward's.

 

[ko6jw_2]

FT-60 has the same specs as the FT-70. AM is available only above 300Mhz. A good scanner will probably outperform a ham HT or mobile for out of band coverage.

 

[scannersnstuff]

I think the Yaesu vx-6r is the only Yaesu ht to cover the milair band in the correct mode. I gave mine to a friend.

 

[ko6jw_2]

I have a VX-6R and it will cover military aircraft. The VFO defaults to FM on that band, but by pressing the "MODE" button you can switch to AM. I still believe that a dedicated scanner is a better choice. Amateur radio specs are only guaranteed in the ham bands. However, since the VX-6R can cover the 220 band it may do better on mil-air than you might think. I don't listen to mil-air so I can't speak from actual experience.

 

[mrweather]

I know it's been discontinued but the VX-7R covers all mil-air in AM mode.

 

[w2xq]

The VX-6R is still available from Universal Radio in Ohio and probably elsewhere. I've had mine for more than 10 years. A solid radio, about the only thing I would recommend buying at the outset is a second battery.

 

[kayleesdad]

Ft-70dr at 243.00 AM use menu #47 Rx MOD to change to AM then use keyboard to save to memory.

 

[kayleesdad]

Sounds like rt systems has a glitch? Email them for verification. They usually fix glitches within a business day or 2 with an update.

Edit- seems to work in yaesu's ADMS-10 software, just uncheck "AMS" and change "Operating Mode" to AM in the drop down.

 

[scannersnstuff]

Thank's for all of the help.

 

[vagrant]

I think the Yaesu vx-6r is the only Yaesu ht to cover the milair band in the correct mode. I gave mine to a friend.

I was disappointed at first when I tried with some Yaesu handhelds. I believe I had to make a change in the menu first, but the FT-2DR and the FT-1XDR can also receive Mil-Air in AM by changing the mode. I have some local mil-air stuff in there and it RX fine.

 

[scannersnstuff]

I am eventually going to buy another vx-6r or a ft-60/70. I gave my 6r to my buddy, and he studied for, and took the entry level ham exam, and passed. I would like to do the same. I am more a scanner listener though.

 

[eorange]

Covering mil air is not the same thing as actually receiving mil air. My FT-60 had stellar mil air reception. My VX-1R (both of them) also did pretty good.

Not so with the VX-3R and VX-8R, both of which allow AM mode in the mil air band. The 3R is 100% deaf on mil air, and the 8R is just about as deaf.

So I suspect most newer Yaesu HTs aren't good on mil air.

 

[ko6jw_2]

Ft-70dr at 243.00 AM use menu #47 Rx MOD to change to AM then use keyboard to save to memory.

Thanks for pointing this out. Something is wrong with RT Systems. ADMS has problems with memory banks on the FT-70dr. That's why I switched to RT Systems.

 

[kayleesdad]

RTsystems put out an update on the AM issue....now RTsystems has choices on 243.000 of AM, AM Narrow, FM, and FM Narrow. Interesting.

 

[RichardKramer]

I have an FT60, it rx great on the milair band and there are separate memories you can store frequencies in addition to the regular memories.
Rich N3VMY / KAG0096 / KPA3CI