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<v Speaker 1>The Yazu ft X one Fueld model, which I have

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<v Speaker 1>the optimum model as well. Then a lot of talk,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of conversations, a lot of speculation, a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of comments, a lot of complaints, a lot of positive

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<v Speaker 1>reactions and negative reactions to this radio over the course

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<v Speaker 1>of the last month since it came out. And today

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to talk about five things that are wrong

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<v Speaker 1>with this radio, or maybe five things that I don't

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<v Speaker 1>like about this radio, and I want to know what

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<v Speaker 1>your comments are below. Let's go. I saw a video

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<v Speaker 1>online last week and it said something along the lines

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<v Speaker 1>I don't even remember what channel it was. Right now,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a lot of videos out here about this radio,

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<v Speaker 1>and it said something along the lines of ham tubers

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<v Speaker 1>are all praising this radio, but they're getting paid to

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<v Speaker 1>do it, and none of these reviews are honest, and

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<v Speaker 1>this this, this and this and this and blah blah

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<v Speaker 1>blah blah, and something about how you know nobody's given

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<v Speaker 1>this radio a bad review because Jesu's paying I'm old

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<v Speaker 1>to do it, Okay, I've said a thousand times in

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<v Speaker 1>this channel that Jesu's never paid me, ICM's never paid me,

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<v Speaker 1>Kenwood's never paid me. Gigabarts has never paid me to

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<v Speaker 1>do a review of a radio, and I I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know how to say I don't know how to say

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<v Speaker 1>it any other way. So that's just simply not true. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to dwell on that. I'm moving on.

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<v Speaker 1>But today, no radio's perfect. No radio is perfect. So

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<v Speaker 1>today I'm going to tell you about the five things

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<v Speaker 1>that I think were a swing and a miss for

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<v Speaker 1>this radio, for the field model specifically. Okay, and this

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<v Speaker 1>could really kind of apply to the optimum model as well,

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<v Speaker 1>But today we're going to be talking about the field radio.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing, Okay, the first thing, and this and

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<v Speaker 1>everyone when I got this, this exact model at daytonhamvention,

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<v Speaker 1>the first thing everyone said was that it was heavy.

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<v Speaker 1>If you take the battery off the back of it,

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<v Speaker 1>it's still have I got a signal stick on it

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<v Speaker 1>right now. So we're going to talk about the the

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<v Speaker 1>B and C ports here in a second. Okay, it's heavy.

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<v Speaker 1>It's about the same side as the icon Icy seven

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<v Speaker 1>O five, but it's much heavier, much heavier than the

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<v Speaker 1>seven O five. I don't know about much heavier. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure about much heavier. My icy seven O five

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<v Speaker 1>is currently locked into a armolock cage with an extron battery,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't feel like taking it apart right now.

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<v Speaker 1>So maybe I'll grab a seven oh five from a

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<v Speaker 1>friend or something and see how it compares to this.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm wanna weigh them both and see what they weigh.

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<v Speaker 1>But you can tell when you pick up this radio,

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<v Speaker 1>you can tell that it is heavier than its icon counterpart. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, is it heavy? Is it too heavy? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, but it's gonna be. But if you're if

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<v Speaker 1>you're wanting to backpack this radio, then it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 1>a heavy piece of kit. So as a side note,

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<v Speaker 1>I will say this because I've been watching a few

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<v Speaker 1>other videos about this as well. There's a difference between

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<v Speaker 1>field this is called a field radio and gastone tech prepper.

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<v Speaker 1>He made a video saying that he doesn't he's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>sell his he doesn't like it. He's like, this is

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<v Speaker 1>not a field radio. They used field as a buzzword.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not a field radio. And I'm like, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>see where he's coming from. And I'm not necessarily saying

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<v Speaker 1>he's wrong, but I think it's important to realize there's

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<v Speaker 1>a difference between field and backpackable. I've been saying for

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<v Speaker 1>years that the Icy seven five is Icy seven oh

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<v Speaker 1>five is not a backpackable radio because you would either

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<v Speaker 1>take a chance on puncturing your screen if you were

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<v Speaker 1>to stuff it into a backpack and hike up a

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<v Speaker 1>mountain with it, or you'd have to put a cage

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<v Speaker 1>around it, making it even more bulky, because this one

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<v Speaker 1>and the seven five both have large screens on them,

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<v Speaker 1>so you'd have to put a cage around it or

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<v Speaker 1>a topper or put an extra bag in it, and

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<v Speaker 1>it makes it more bulky, more heavy, and less portable

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<v Speaker 1>in my opinion. So just because this is called field

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't mean it should be Field shouldn't always be related

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<v Speaker 1>to backpackable. And that's just that's kind of one of

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<v Speaker 1>the things that I wanted to talk about today. But

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<v Speaker 1>that's a side note. Okay, Number two is the ben Sports.

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<v Speaker 1>Now let's go over here and check out these b

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<v Speaker 1>and Sports. Here's what the radio looks like. I want

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<v Speaker 1>to set it, let me turn. I'm gonna power this

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<v Speaker 1>thing off real quick because I want to show you

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<v Speaker 1>guys the back of the radio. Okay, so here is

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<v Speaker 1>this is I mean, I'm this falls under the line

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<v Speaker 1>of what the heck were you thinking? So this is

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<v Speaker 1>the orientation of the radio. It sits like this, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and sits and I like the way that when the

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<v Speaker 1>batteries on it, it kind of sits at an angle,

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<v Speaker 1>so it's easy to read and easy to use with

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<v Speaker 1>the buttons. Okay, But this is the This right here

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<v Speaker 1>is the HF B and C port, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>the VHF UHF B and cport. Now, what do you

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<v Speaker 1>think is going to happen if I put a B

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<v Speaker 1>and C and to vertical intenna on that right there

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<v Speaker 1>while I'm operating? If will I be able to operate

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<v Speaker 1>HF with the B and C port right there, because

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<v Speaker 1>that's where my HF intenna connects to. Why didn't they

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<v Speaker 1>put the VHF on the top of the HF on

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<v Speaker 1>the bottom. That doesn't make any sense to me. Why

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<v Speaker 1>put the VHF down here? Now I will say this also, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and this is also true of the IC seven oh five.

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<v Speaker 1>When you power this thing on and you've got the

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<v Speaker 1>B and C connected. Now it's in a horizontal fashion

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<v Speaker 1>right now. But we're gonna we're gonna this up and

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<v Speaker 1>watch the SWR meter KC five HBB testing. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>hitting the repeater high SWR. I'm gonna go over here

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna go to the two meter band and

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<v Speaker 1>just doesn't matter where I'm at here. Okay, KC five

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<v Speaker 1>h TOVB testing. You might hear that in the not

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<v Speaker 1>as high as SWR, but it's still high SWR, and

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<v Speaker 1>it's still high. If I were to turn the radio

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<v Speaker 1>up vertically, it's still high. The SWR came up when

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<v Speaker 1>I turned the radio up vertically. Now that is a

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<v Speaker 1>common issue that people complain about with the IC seven

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<v Speaker 1>oh five as well. Okay, so you need a pigtail

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<v Speaker 1>on it. Basically, you need a pigtail on the you

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<v Speaker 1>need a counterpoise on it to get the SWR down.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's that's weird. But it happens on the seven

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<v Speaker 1>oh five. So maybe it's something about this design. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, but i'd and I don't really consider that

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<v Speaker 1>an issue much because it's kind of what we're used to,

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<v Speaker 1>those of us who own a seven oh five. But

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<v Speaker 1>why are the d and ports backwards like that? The

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<v Speaker 1>HF should be on the bottom and the VHF should

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<v Speaker 1>be on the top, so that if you wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>connect a vertical VHF antenna to your radio while you're

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<v Speaker 1>operating PODA and you're in the field, and you've got

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<v Speaker 1>an antenna connected via B and C to the HF port,

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<v Speaker 1>which should be on the bottom, you could put a

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<v Speaker 1>vertical INTENTA on the top. You could monitor one forty

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<v Speaker 1>six to five to two at the same time that

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<v Speaker 1>you're operating HF. I said, we were going to mostly

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the field today, and that's true. But the

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<v Speaker 1>optima is I have the optima. I have the amplifier.

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<v Speaker 1>It's around here somewhere. It's actually inside the house right now.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think an obvious miss was that it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>have a separation cable. I think a lot of people,

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people, a lot of the comments I've

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<v Speaker 1>got is that this should be separatable. It should have

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<v Speaker 1>a separation cable. There should be a way to mount

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<v Speaker 1>the amplifier in your vehicle under the seat, behind the seat,

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<v Speaker 1>behind the back seat, which would be the case in

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<v Speaker 1>my truck, and run the face of the radio up

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<v Speaker 1>top and run like a six foot or a twelve

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<v Speaker 1>foot extension cable between the amplifier and the radio so

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<v Speaker 1>that you can operate one hundred watts from the vehicle

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<v Speaker 1>and then take the face out if you wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>take the take the field unit out and take it

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<v Speaker 1>out to the park and do some QRP, PODA or

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<v Speaker 1>soda with it if you wanted to. Okay, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>disagree with that. There's been a lot of comments saying

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not gonna buy this radio, or I cancel my

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<v Speaker 1>reservation because the separation doesn't work or it's not made

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<v Speaker 1>to be separated. I think a couple of people have

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<v Speaker 1>successfully separated it and used it remotely with some RCA cables.

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<v Speaker 1>At this point in time, I have not tried that,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've heard from Yazoo that if you fudge up

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<v Speaker 1>the radio by doing that, it's gonna avoid your warranty.

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<v Speaker 1>So just be aware. I'm not telling you to do

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<v Speaker 1>it or not to do it. I'm just saying be aware.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, the non separatable feature of the radio, the

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<v Speaker 1>non remote feature of the radio where you can't run

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<v Speaker 1>a longer cable between the amplifier and the head, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that was kind of a miss as well. Would

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<v Speaker 1>have been a lot more versatile of a radio if

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<v Speaker 1>they would have built it in such a way where

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<v Speaker 1>it would be able to allow that, you know, straight

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<v Speaker 1>from the factory. Okay, the next thing, and this is

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<v Speaker 1>something that legit is a problem. I'll show you why.

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<v Speaker 1>If you guys haven't seen Jason's video yet, Okay, he

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<v Speaker 1>did this video about and it's called the Yazu YESUFTX

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<v Speaker 1>has a flaw and we're gonna listen to a short

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<v Speaker 1>clip here real quick.

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<v Speaker 2>You can always define four or five six different kind

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<v Speaker 2>of canned messages, and we can do that right here,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's no way to insert these into a reply

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<v Speaker 2>because I can't figure out how to reply on this radio.

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<v Speaker 2>I literally think they forgot to put a reply option

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<v Speaker 2>in the APRS messages, and.

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<v Speaker 1>That's exactly what they did. That's exactly what they did

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<v Speaker 1>because Jason made this video and then Yazu responds right

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<v Speaker 1>here and they admit that that is a missing feature.

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<v Speaker 1>So props them for the drastic increase.

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<v Speaker 3>A shout out to those that tried to help me

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<v Speaker 3>in the comments of the previous video figure out how

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<v Speaker 3>to reply to an APRS message it turns out it

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<v Speaker 3>absolutely is not there. And also a big shout out

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<v Speaker 3>to those who suggested updating the firmware. I had actually

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<v Speaker 3>filmed that video a few days before that firmware update

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<v Speaker 3>came out. I did go ahead and do that, and

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<v Speaker 3>I did see a little bit of improvement on the

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<v Speaker 3>receive of the APRS, but not a drastic increase. So

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<v Speaker 3>I'm going to continue testing with you.

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<v Speaker 1>So there's no way to reply to an APRS message

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<v Speaker 1>currently with the current firmware. I just updated the firmware

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<v Speaker 1>on this on my own radio, and I've recorded a

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<v Speaker 1>video about how to do it. You guys will see that.

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<v Speaker 1>You guys probably have already seen that at the time.

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<v Speaker 1>This video you're watching right now will post this. The

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<v Speaker 1>firmware update video will post first. They did make some

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<v Speaker 1>upgrades to it, They did make some fixes, they did

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<v Speaker 1>change some things, and it is improving. But APRS reply

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<v Speaker 1>is missing. And yes, if you go watch Jason's video,

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<v Speaker 1>you watch the whole video there and I'll link those

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<v Speaker 1>in the description below. But he found a flaw. YAESU

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<v Speaker 1>watched his video. They replied to him and said, Yep,

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<v Speaker 1>you're right, there's no way to reply. We're gonna have

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<v Speaker 1>to fix that. So they're gonna add it in later again,

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<v Speaker 1>props to Yazu for responding, reaching out and saying, yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>that's something we're gonna have to address. Okay. They could

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<v Speaker 1>have ignored him, they could have argued with him. They

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<v Speaker 1>didn't do that. They were pretty professional about it, in

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion. So there's that. Okay, the last and fine,

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<v Speaker 1>that's four things. The last and final thing, Thing number five,

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<v Speaker 1>Thing thing number five, And these are just some things

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<v Speaker 1>I came up with on my own. I'd be interested

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<v Speaker 1>to see what you guys have, if you have this radio,

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<v Speaker 1>what your experience is with the operation of the radio,

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<v Speaker 1>and what you think they can improve. So when I

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<v Speaker 1>took this into the field, or when I will take

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<v Speaker 1>it back into the field, I will feed this thing,

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about point number five. The last thing we're

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<v Speaker 1>going to talk about is the battery, the battery on

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<v Speaker 1>the back of the ftx one. Now, according to the manual,

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<v Speaker 1>the battery requires a certain amount of voltage and wattage

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<v Speaker 1>right here USBPD forty five WOTT and fifteen volt at

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<v Speaker 1>two ams. So it requires a fifteen volt forty five

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<v Speaker 1>WoT charger to charge this battery. And the reason I

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<v Speaker 1>have this gigabarts box in front of the camera right

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<v Speaker 1>now is because this is the latest Gigabarts Explorer box.

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<v Speaker 1>This new PD port right here, which has a sixty

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<v Speaker 1>five WHT USBC charger on it. You a sixty five

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<v Speaker 1>why p USBC port on it right there will absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>one charge this radio, this battery, the battery and the radio. Actually,

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<v Speaker 1>so this gigabarts box does work just fine for charging

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<v Speaker 1>the USBC battery on the ftx one. Field. Now, as

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<v Speaker 1>I said a minute ago, you're not gonna be lugging

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<v Speaker 1>this big battery box or a large fifteen volt PD

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<v Speaker 1>charging supply up a hill or up a mountain. The

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<v Speaker 1>word field once again is it does not mean backpackable,

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<v Speaker 1>because you wouldn't be able to charge this battery via

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<v Speaker 1>a regular charging brick. Now some I've tried two or

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<v Speaker 1>three charging bricks. One of them works and two of

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<v Speaker 1>them do not, so it's kind of a miss in

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<v Speaker 1>my opinion. That it's great that it has USB C

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<v Speaker 1>on both the radio and the battery. The battery has

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<v Speaker 1>a USBC port. You can charge the battery, you can

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<v Speaker 1>charge the radio. You can charge the battery through the

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<v Speaker 1>radio with USB C. I'm gonna demonstrate that here in

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<v Speaker 1>a minute. And you can charge the battery through the

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<v Speaker 1>radio with a twelve power source as well, just by

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<v Speaker 1>plugging in the power poles on it. And I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>show you that right here. But how is that field worthy?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, what kind of charging source are you gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have to take with you to go up a mountain? Again,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't really think this is mountain back packable radio,

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<v Speaker 1>but some of you are gonna want to try that,

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<v Speaker 1>so or take it into the field for a few

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<v Speaker 1>hours and you're gonna lug around a big battery box

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<v Speaker 1>with you. I usually do that anyway, but I drive

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<v Speaker 1>to Poda so it doesn't bother me. So are you

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<v Speaker 1>gonna do that with it? Now? I will say this

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<v Speaker 1>once the battery is fully charged, it don't last about

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<v Speaker 1>nine or ten hours. So if you're going hiking up

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<v Speaker 1>a mountain overnight, or you're gonna do a drive up

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<v Speaker 1>summit and camp overnight, you'll probably have plenty of battery

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<v Speaker 1>to work with over the next overnight or through the

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<v Speaker 1>evening or morning hours the next morning if you camp

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<v Speaker 1>out overnight or something like that. So the battery does

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<v Speaker 1>last a long time, but the fact that it takes

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<v Speaker 1>such a large power source to charge it is a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit a little bit of a fail. As I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're gonna call it a field radio, that's my thing.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're gonna call it a field radio, that's the problem.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm gonna show you right here. I've got this

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<v Speaker 1>USB C port right here plugged into the battery box

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<v Speaker 1>that I just showed you, and you can plug it

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<v Speaker 1>in to this battery this way, just like that, and

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<v Speaker 1>that's a charging light right there that's charging the battery

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<v Speaker 1>directly from that Gigabarts battery box. Now, the other way

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<v Speaker 1>we can do it is I can take this and

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<v Speaker 1>plug this into the radio right here, and that's plugged

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<v Speaker 1>into the radio and it's charging the battery. So you

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<v Speaker 1>can charge with the same type of PD power source

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<v Speaker 1>PD USBC power source. You can charge the radio through

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<v Speaker 1>the USB C cable. You can charge the battery through

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<v Speaker 1>the USBC cable, and this way you will get well,

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<v Speaker 1>now I'm not sure if you get you know, that's

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<v Speaker 1>a good question. I wonder if you get a full

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<v Speaker 1>ten watts on that or not. It'll tell you right

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<v Speaker 1>here when I go to the menu. Yes it does, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>right there, it says RF power ten watts. If I

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<v Speaker 1>took off this external power source, that number drops to

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<v Speaker 1>six watts right there. So now it's at six watts,

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<v Speaker 1>and now it's at ten watts. So you can absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>run a full ten watts out of this radio by

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<v Speaker 1>using the USBC charger into the radio itself. You can

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<v Speaker 1>also use the twelve volt charger this guy right here

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<v Speaker 1>that I put power pools on and take this off

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<v Speaker 1>right here, turn this back around. We're gonna plug this

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<v Speaker 1>in right there. We're gonna take the power pole connection

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<v Speaker 1>and now I'm running direct twelve volts into the radio

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<v Speaker 1>and it is still charging the battery. So that's three

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<v Speaker 1>ways to charge the battery, but all of them require

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<v Speaker 1>a pretty beef. If he either a full twelve volte

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<v Speaker 1>power supply like a twelve volt battery or twelve vote

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<v Speaker 1>power supply plugged into AC mains or something like that,

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<v Speaker 1>or a minimum of forty five watt power deliver report

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<v Speaker 1>from USBC, which is not very fueld capable in my opinion.

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<v Speaker 1>So those are the five things that I think that

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<v Speaker 1>I noticed first off the bat that I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 1>wish it would do this, or I wish it wouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>do this. And you know, basically four of those things

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<v Speaker 1>are hardware issues would require hardware changes, I'll put it

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<v Speaker 1>that way. And the APRS reply thing that can be

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<v Speaker 1>fixed in firmware and software. I'm not really worried about that.

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<v Speaker 1>And I also noticed that there was a problem with

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<v Speaker 1>the power meter when I was at PODA. The power

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<v Speaker 1>meter would sometimes drop, but the power output on the

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<v Speaker 1>radio was fine, so it was just a problem with

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<v Speaker 1>the meter. I believe that was fixed in the latest firmware.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't taken the radio back out to a park

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<v Speaker 1>since I updated to the latest firmware. There's a firmware

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<v Speaker 1>from May of twenty twenty five, came out a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of weeks ago, really shortly after hamvention actually, and I

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<v Speaker 1>think that fixed the power meter thing. But I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have to check on that and see and we'll go

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<v Speaker 1>from there. So I'll probably do a follow up video

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<v Speaker 1>to this later on. But I wonder what you guys

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<v Speaker 1>think about these five things, And I wonder if you've

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<v Speaker 1>noticed anything else that's kind of like a show stopper

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<v Speaker 1>for you, if you were if you've seen something, whether

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<v Speaker 1>you if you don't own the radio, what stopped you

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<v Speaker 1>from buying it if you wanted it, or if you

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<v Speaker 1>do own the radio, if you're like, man, this just

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<v Speaker 1>I don't like this feature at all. I wish it

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<v Speaker 1>would would do or would not do this thing. Put

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<v Speaker 1>a comment in the description blow I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>your thoughts. Seventy three