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I was meaning to ask, have you contacted Yaesu yet on the issues your having? I've been talking to Tim Factor about my VX-8r over the last week. He is good about helping folks out and keeping in touch. I wonder how long the wait will be? When I talked to Tim today, he was aware of the Nav issue...

NY ESU Thanks for the feedback. You’re running along the same line as some others where they own the VX-8R and will get or have the FTM-350. I have the VX-8R and deciding on the 350.

I am still on the fence about getting this radio. So far I’ve found less than a dozen users throughout the internet who actually have the FTM-350. I know it’s still new and many others are waiting for additional feedback or price drops. I know a lot of the old hams can’t see spending that kind...

This is what the 350 needed. I was also leaning towards the 2820. They start out at the same price. The IC-2820H has a total of 522 memory channels, 500 regular channels, 2 call channels and 20 scan edge channels. Each memory channel stores tone frequency, skip information and so on...

I emailed Yaesu tech support and asked “what’s the deal with the 350R lack of memory groups and banks”. They got back to me and stated the 350 does NOT have a memory bank feature. As to why or will it be added later is up to Japan. What this means is no sharing or organizing of frequencies. I...

Well after a somewhat sleepless night I decided cancel my FTM-350 order for right now. I started to get more concerned with reports of the radio locking up from other various users besides what I see posted in this forum. Spending that much money on a dual band radio and it locking up is not...

Thanks for looking. That’s going to make it tough for me in the morning. Sure I could keep the Ham bands on the left and the Public Safety on the right but that is just poor memory management. Time to sleep on it. Thanks Again.

After sitting here thinking about it, I’m kind of getting bummed that the newest Yaesu radio doesn’t have any kind of memory management system like groups or banks. :( I have time to cancel my order in the morning. I read others in the FTM-350R Yahoo Group were asking the same question and no...

That's good to know. I have tons of black RJ-45 cable so I'll build one up tomorrow. Thats good to know. I know there is no air flow in the glove box but I never had heat issues with my 996 scanner. I wonder why Yaesu decided to go this route. Many of their radios have a memory group or...

Good question.

After reading the great review I decided to order the FTM-350R. I was torn between this and the IC-2820. I do have a few small questions not covered yet by the reviews or comments. The 10ft extension cable that attaches the head unit to the body, is it a standard extension cable sort of like...

Well after reading your great review, I ordered the FTM-350R and it will be here Wed. I was torn between the IC-2820 and the 350 but after I saw the price tag for the D-Star add-on component, I went with the 350. The issue with the lockups/freezing doesn't bother me too much for the fact it will...

Sounds like the problem I was having with my new VX-8R. I sent it back to Yaesu to have them look at it. I was having what appeared to be weak output to no audio but it was receiving and holding the repeater just fine.

moleculo I checked both settings and they were off. I talked to a ham buddy of mine and he says this is common on many devices. Certain freqs will interfere with each other. I only hear the interference when a 444Hz freq. If I remove them from my scan list, I don’t hear a thing, nice and quiet...

You guessed it, another question from the newbie. I'm just making sure I didn't get a bum radio. Today is my second day trying out my new VX-8R. One thing I noticed today was some type of shadow or anti-glare on the screen when the radio is off. Almost looks like smudges. I notice it comes...

Today while I was working the local ham repeaters on Ch-A and my local Public Safety on Ch-B, I was hearing a popping sound when one channel (A) was scanning and (B) was stopped on a transmission. The popping sound was in synch with the frequencies flashing by on Channel A. Is this normal? I...

I'm getting the error and won't load on mine. Any suggestions? Never mind, I needed to get the new data from radio first and then reload it. My Bad. It was even saying information has changed. I was a little worried there for a few minutes.

SR385 Thanks for the instructions. I will have one of our electricians perform the mod for me. I have also heard the Yaesu will still honor the warranty if someone performs the mod. Have you heard the same thing? Thank Again Dan

Thanks to the reviews on this forum I'm getting my VX-8R tomorrow from HRO Atlanta :thumbup:. Out of all the info I've gone over the last few days, I have yet to find a clear answer on the software mod on the US version. Will it allow me to transmit on FRS/GMRS/MURS bands with software mod only...