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This may be a dumb question but I havent seen it addressed in other APRS videos. How do you know what frequency to set the radio to? I didnt see you set a frequency in the video. Does APRS droid set it automatically to the nearest digipeater when you connect to APRSdroid?

Ive watched other channels on this radio, alot of them dont show the other bands off this radio, for ssb, sw and air. 73, kq4hcu

Thank you for the review! This is the only direct conversion radio I own that doesn't pick up this nasty ubiquitous QRM on 442.000. That noise is everywhere! All other direct conversion Retevises, Tidradios, Radioddities, Wouxuns etc pick it up just like Fengs do. This is surprising given that the ft-65 is based on the ancient 1846 chip. Overall, good radio. Wish it scanned for PL tones. Oh well. For that I have a cheap Quansheng UV-K5. For airplanes, the Uniden BC125AT works better than any HT anyway.

I have done everything. I've used a RTL-SDR V4. I only can lisen to static sound. No signal. But with the SDRSharp it works ok.

G*d m*therf*cking d*mmit. 13 minutes into this video, download the software THEN get told I'm gonna have to buy a subscription? TOTAL bulls*it!

i there , i am living in India .. i can't tarack a balloon using auto rx .. it picks up the signal but it can decode .. i'am 1 km away from the local metro dep.. i did some research on local station I found that .. they are using rsg-20A radiosonde .. does auto rx decode it ? pls help

I got one of these, but it must be faulty. I can still tune in FM bands

Very well built basic radio. Great audio! Easily opened up to use GMRS frequencies and others. Price has been all over the place. Saw it once for $70. Should have bought several more.

Thank you very much for producing this video. I've been tracking the weather balloons out of Ft. Worth Texas since this spring with the "cheap and dirty" Lilygo module solution but lately I've had the time and masochistic urge to put together the system that the "big boys" use. Your video and links will help me a lot to do my first raspberry pi project! Even if I don't understand it, I've seen you do it and so know that it can be done! 😃😃 73's WA0YMH

adverts kill the channel good video sir

In Wires-X or C4FM Thru HOTSPOT, VW (voice wide) will not allow the radio to send position packets when you transmit. No real noticeable difference in audio between VN or VW.

Great video. A friend walked me throught the instalation of version 1.5.1 and that is where I have been up to now. KA7FVV

Good video, Stan. 👍🏼

Great review! After some very frustrating experiences with the Chinese DMR radios I purchased the Icom ID-52. iCom's without a doubt, has the most user friendly menus and I found programming to be very easy, both from the radio as well as the software. The only problem I had with the ID-52 was the lack of D-Star repeaters in my travel areas, so I purchased a FT5DR. I'm not too concerned with APRS vs DPRS although it would make so much more sense for iCom to use APRS. I must say, I share your dislikes with the FT5DR and wish the ID-52A had some of the features of the FT5DR. One additional issue I have with the FT5 is it short battery life compared to my ID-52, I can go all day with one battery on my ID-52 where I need at least one spare for the FT5 if I'm using it all day. Wouldn't it be great if we could combine the best features of both HTs two into one radio!

Tweezers are NOT plyers.

I connect the SW antenna to my girlfriends nose ring-gets great reception.

Hey nice video. Can you stream 4K HDR movies on this except on the 4 gig version with plex media server installed without any problems?

I would like a portable local setup - a cool 7" display but the thin pi os SIM does not have a local browser. Have you tried a pi3 running a locally installed browser? Maybe need a pi4?

I have this radio very disappointed in it, terrible speaker audio, reception is lousy . I have the Baofeng UV21 that does a better job with the items I listed. UV21 has a awesome speaker and it receives better also, ft5dr radio is to small . I would not buy this ft5dr again.

The BT10 was crap! It could not handle digital audio. It also hummed and you had to turn the volume down almost all the way and the radio volume almost all the way up to hear without the humming. Sorry to say your earpiece sounds like crap also. I have cheap DMR ear pieces that produce audio way better..

Is there an easy way to test your reciever without having a real balllon within range? I ask since I’m in a rural spot and would like to test it before driving out to a launch area.

Thanks for informative review. ! The muting is a deal breaker for me.

Thanks for this! It helped me a lot :)

i think the scan is to fast myself, if between transmissions you missed it.

Great video, followed along while setting up my new TNC4. Thank you!

Thanks!

Is there a way to mount the SD-card via the USB-C cable without removing it from the 705? ... None of my computers have an SD card reader.

Thanks for the review! I don't have one but itLooks like it's very similar to the ft-4xr which is a great little radio for the price. I think the audio quality you presented is very good. One thing that's tempting me to get one is the P1 through P4 quick keys. I like to group memories into banks but having 4 memories available at a single press is nice. 73!

i know this radio as the... i kid you not. "the Windows 3.1 Shutdown soundeffect weather radio with HD Radio stuff"

What is the run time? What is the IP rating?

Good explanation! Thanks

I have a ICOM ID52A,

What is the distance from the radio, it will still work ?

Is there a way to lower the mic gain ? It sounds really loud ?

What's all the humming ? 🫲😳🫴

Love this feature so much I just bought an ID-50A to have the same capability in an HT.

Thanks to your video I managed to set this up. Not very good with programming Linux on the Pi, so without this video I would have had real problems. Had some issues with accessing Pi via SSH with Putty, but that was because I failed to set up SSH access in the Pi itself while creating the Pi image with the Pi imager. I also had the signal detected on 403.2MHz with no aerial connected, so assume it is a birdie from the RTL itself. This seems to be confirmed by a search on Google. On first use it I detected 2 radiosondes, one of them at a range of 330Km when using a 2Mtr/70cm co-linear aerial. E-Mail notification did not work though. I got an error message in red “E-Mail-Error sending E-mail notification - (Erno 111) Connection refused”. Any idea what may be causing that ? Thanks for the video 73’s, Nick - G4NKV.

I have nooelec sdr which is rtl chip, when I test looks like more loss then need to be how to fix problem with usb?

This is something that I tried to do several times but failed. Your video is very helpful. Thanks my station is now fully operational

How about TX audio volume? Is that loud?

It's April, 2024. Has yaesu fixed the scanning issue where you see the channels and not just the words VFO SCAN?

Outstanding presentation.

Very cool! Thanks for the video! Just ordered the V4 version on Amazon since the V3 was unavailable. Did your M1 Mac recognize the unit without any difficulty when you plugged it in? I have an M2 Macbook Pro, so I'm guessing the process will be the same on mine. I'll definitely peruse the user guide on the site and do my best to familiarize myself with things prior to setting up. I've just been using some Baofeng's every now and then to listen in on, but I'm guessing my local dispatch has upgraded things to digital within the past year or so, since I no longer hear highway patrol or the Sheriff. I do still get some EMS and local PD on the Baofeng's, but that's about it. Plus, it would be nice to hear multiple chatterings at the same time, so I'm looking forward to learning how to use the software with a substantially cheaper barrier to entry than one of the Uniden units. Hopefully it'll work out. Radio Reference still shows the old frequencies, but I'm wondering if I'm just not picking them up because they're digitized now. I'm still quite the noob at this and was happy when I was able to program those with the CHIRP software a couple years ago 🤣

Hey C Crane - if you're reading this, how about embracing USB-C? I know you now have a Skywave SSB 2 but it only uses Micro USB. Please - it's 2024 and this is a very useful standard...

I have a SDR Play RSP dx

Great video resource, considering jumping into it soon! I haven't seen anything about p25 decoding on the github page, do you know if it's doable? I like this UI more than the SDR trunk one I'm using right now.

This is perfect timing. I've been looking for a way to remotely access one of the Pis I have located in my attic connected to an airband antenna. I have Cat 5 running up to a switch up in a radio bay (Cat 5 is cheaper than LMR-400!) but didn't know how to port the audio interface back to my workstation, three floors down. This looks like a perfect solution, and pretty easy to implement!

Police and fire is encrypted...you cant receive their frequency anymore

Hi Stan - Thank you for doing this video. Very informative and clear. Did I understand correctly that the issue with using a single SDR where there are control frequencies and communication frequencies is the need to have enough bandwidth to cover the range of both? My situation is similar to yours where the combined range exceeds the 2.4 MHz bandwidth of the RTL-SDRs. Looking at specs I believe the Airspy Mini has a greater bandwidth and should cover the 2.85 MHz range that I need. Should that do the trick?

Super cool dude! Definitely something I'd like to add to my home lab and mess around with!