anybody try a yaesu ft 3185rasp yet?

[Rwb]

was eyeing 1 till 2 things came up. its huge for a mobile radio. bigger than ft 2980. and price. way too expensive for 2 meters only. dsp might be the thing but why not buy a quality dsp external speaker to try on other radios also?
was looking on another radio place n seen 1 for ale same as new for loss of $100.
i was interested till i seen its huge n then you see em for sale for around $240 but minus the dsp board. it cost $85 plus the ride so thats a loose too deal.

 

[w9cll]

Yeah I think Yaesu is out of thier mind here

 

[Rwb]

Yeah I think Yaesu is out of thier mind here

I agree fully. And i get told NEVER USE HIGH POWER SETTING. im l8ke bull$#/+ it was built to use and i use my 2980 but i got big fan on it too.
I talk to several from far on simplex n its either high power or use the mirage n they arent that far away.but 80 watts gets me to them

 

[VaHam]

$244.95 now or $209.95 w/o the ASP option. Free shipping at HRO and Gigaparts.

 

[Rwb]

$244.95 now or $209.95 w/o the ASP option. Free shipping at HRO and Gigaparts.

must decided to expensive to sell. and when i see the size ,its huge. that decided for me. since the fluke covid hit it sure tore the world up

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

dsp might be the thing but why not buy a quality dsp external speaker to try on other radios also?

There is a huge difference in performance in audio DSP and RF DSP. Using a DSP speaker may eliminate most of the noise but it can never compensate for poor signal to noise ratio like RF DSP can. With audio DSP the signal must be over the noise a certain amount to be recoverable. With RF DSP the signal can be basically extracted out of the noise to a readable level. It is possible with RF DSP to recover a signal that is actually weaker than the interference. Same holds for speech processing on a TX. My old Kenwood TS-820S has RF speech processing. It is done at a low level IF frequency. The performance of that processor is head and shoulde4rs above the performance of the speech processor in my Yaesu FT-857 which is decades newer.

 

[Rwb]

There is a huge difference in performance in audio DSP and RF DSP. Using a DSP speaker may eliminate most of the noise but it can never compensate for poor signal to noise ratio like RF DSP can. With audio DSP the signal must be over the noise a certain amount to be recoverable. With RF DSP the signal can be basically extracted out of the noise to a readable level. It is possible with RF DSP to recover a signal that is actually weaker than the interference. Same holds for speech processing on a TX. My old Kenwood TS-820S has RF speech processing. It is done at a low level IF frequency. The performance of that processor is head and shoulde4rs above the performance of the speech processor in my Yaesu FT-857 which is decades newer.

Dont say much for technology progress and yeasu does it captain killowatt?

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

Dont say much for technology progress and yeasu does it captain killowatt?

It isn't just Yaesu. All the manufacturers took the cheap route. A simple chip costing pennies instead of a whole RF circuit costing dollars. It is a simple case of just because it can be done does not mean it should be done. Today's appliance operators have no clue about the difference, whereas we old birds long for the day when cost took a backseat to quality.

 

[Rwb]

It isn't just Yaesu. All the manufacturers took the cheap route. A simple chip costing pennies instead of a whole RF circuit costing dollars. It is a simple case of just because it can be done does not mean it should be done. Today's appliance operators have no clue about the difference, whereas we old birds long for the day when cost took a backseat to quality.

It isn't just Yaesu. All the manufacturers took the cheap route. A simple chip costing pennies instead of a whole RF circuit costing dollars. It is a simple case of just because it can be done does not mean it should be done. Today's appliance operators have no clue about the difference, whereas we old birds long for the day when cost took a backseat to quality.

Sadly i agree save $50 create junk. Other day 2 meters was noisy. My ft 2980 was not decent to listen to.hooked up my rs 212 i understood what was being said.so i tried my tw 4000 kenwood nice clear reception. But those 2 radios were not cheep new.

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