WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.840 --> 00:00:02.919 Thank you for choosing to download the ham Radio two 2 00:00:02.919 --> 00:00:07.200 point zero audio podcast rip. This is the audio taken 3 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:10.240 out of a video or a live stream I did recently. 4 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:12.640 You can catch all my videos on YouTube ham Radio 5 00:00:12.679 --> 00:00:15.160 two point zero and catch us live every Sunday night 6 00:00:15.240 --> 00:00:19.079 at seven pm Central Standard Time for a different topic 7 00:00:19.199 --> 00:00:22.359 each week. Thank you for the support, and thank you 8 00:00:22.399 --> 00:00:34.640 for being a member of the community. That's good. I 9 00:00:34.719 --> 00:00:38.039 like that step one by an FTX one. I mean 10 00:00:38.079 --> 00:00:45.679 that makes the most sense to me. Good evening to everyone, 11 00:00:47.039 --> 00:00:50.679 and it is really good to be back in the shack, 12 00:00:50.960 --> 00:00:54.759 back in Texas, back to and you know what, it's 13 00:00:55.039 --> 00:00:57.679 it's been raining since we've been back, so I haven't 14 00:00:57.719 --> 00:01:00.520 really been hot. But we spent the last week in 15 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:04.760 Colorado touring the entire state and hitting all of the 16 00:01:04.840 --> 00:01:09.959 national parks in Colorado, and I recorded I'm Gonna take 17 00:01:09.959 --> 00:01:14.879 Frank out of My Ears, and I recorded a video 18 00:01:15.799 --> 00:01:18.680 about that whole trip that will go live on my 19 00:01:18.840 --> 00:01:24.879 unplugged channel because it's about travel. We did do. My 20 00:01:24.920 --> 00:01:28.560 wife and I both activated all four national parks for PODA, 21 00:01:29.959 --> 00:01:36.239 so it was it was fun. And then we also 22 00:01:36.280 --> 00:01:38.439 both activated. We also went down to four Corners and 23 00:01:38.519 --> 00:01:42.040 activated that, so it was a good trip. More to 24 00:01:42.040 --> 00:01:47.319 come on that later, but thanks for joining us tonight. 25 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:49.040 So all right, tonight we're going to talk about the 26 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:52.879 ftx one, brand new firmaer updates, some new hardware, some 27 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:59.480 new this, some new that. But first, but first, Amazon 28 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:07.200 Prime Day is starting Tuesday, and I've already got ah 29 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:11.039 here's my link to my Amazon idea list for Prime Day. 30 00:02:11.080 --> 00:02:13.800 I appreciate you guys using that. It is an affiliate link, 31 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.280 and I get commissions for some items that you buy 32 00:02:17.319 --> 00:02:19.560 on Amazon through that. We're gonna go live on Tuesday, 33 00:02:19.599 --> 00:02:22.000 the first day. I've done this the last three or 34 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:24.319 four years on Prime Day and Prime Big Deals Day 35 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:26.680 and Prime Summer Deals Day and whatever else they're coming 36 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:28.520 up with. And they're doing it for four freaking days 37 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:32.800 this time. So usually it's like Tuesday, Wednesday, or maybe Wednesday, Thursday, today, 38 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:35.879 this week, this week, this year, this summer. It is 39 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:39.199 Tuesday through Friday, and I suspect we're gonna see a 40 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:41.199 lot of change, Like if you go look at the 41 00:02:41.199 --> 00:02:43.319 deals on Tuesday, I don't think they'll probably be the 42 00:02:43.319 --> 00:02:46.919 same deals again on Thursday or Friday. Maybe they'll last today, 43 00:02:46.960 --> 00:02:48.759 maybe they'll last until they're sold out and they'll kind 44 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:53.879 of rotate through. They've done that before, so yeah, so 45 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:57.080 you're gonna want to check the list each day. I 46 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:02.280 will be live streaming more than one day, but I 47 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:05.159 haven't decided when yet exactly. Definitely going live on Tuesday, 48 00:03:05.879 --> 00:03:09.400 so you guys keep watching on that. Sign up for 49 00:03:09.439 --> 00:03:15.159 email alerts, do sign up on the text message something 50 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.759 like that, and you guys can keep up with that. 51 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.680 So Prime Day is starting Tuesday. That's where we are 52 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:28.400 right there. And immediately following this live stream, we are 53 00:03:28.439 --> 00:03:30.919 going to do another live stream on the Unplugged channel. 54 00:03:31.719 --> 00:03:33.719 For the next RV base camp chat. We're going to 55 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:35.639 be talking about where to get water when you're on 56 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:39.240 the road. So there's a topic that Kyle came up with. 57 00:03:39.360 --> 00:03:42.280 Is a good topic in my opinion, because you always 58 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:45.639 have to figure that out whether you want to fill 59 00:03:45.680 --> 00:03:48.360 up the water tank and drive to your destination with 60 00:03:48.719 --> 00:03:51.120 that extra weight in your RV, or whether you want 61 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.280 to empty the water tank, drive to where you need 62 00:03:54.319 --> 00:03:56.280 to go and fill it up a few miles before 63 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:00.439 you get there. But we'll see, so you guys for that, 64 00:04:00.560 --> 00:04:02.360 we'll roll over to that and I'll share that again 65 00:04:02.840 --> 00:04:07.039 at the end of this live stream and something else 66 00:04:07.080 --> 00:04:10.400 I'm gonna talk. We're gonna talk about the Texas flooding 67 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:12.560 going on in the Hill Country area. In fact, I 68 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:15.199 got a couple of questions for Frank about that. So 69 00:04:15.319 --> 00:04:19.879 anyone who knows anything about the Texas flooding or relief 70 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:22.519 efforts for the Texas flooding, I'm gonna ask that question 71 00:04:22.680 --> 00:04:26.560 here in a moment. Okay, But if those of you 72 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:30.480 who didn't see my shopping video, this is the new 73 00:04:30.639 --> 00:04:34.399 separation cable. And Josh mentioned this on his live stream 74 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.879 last night, and I mentioned it on my Friday shopping video. 75 00:04:37.519 --> 00:04:40.560 Yazu has released, well they're about to. They've they've announced 76 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:45.199 these will be ready mid August. So I'm told, okay, 77 00:04:45.480 --> 00:04:48.639 there's a five foot and a ten foot extension cable 78 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.399 for this radio, specifically for we were told this wouldn't 79 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:56.160 This was not a separatable kit. 80 00:04:59.079 --> 00:04:59.399 It is. 81 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:02.319 I don't know the story behind it. I don't know 82 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:04.160 what happened. I don't know if they were planning this 83 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:05.879 the whole time, or if they just listened to the 84 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:08.839 audience and said, well, crap, we need to build some cables. 85 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:10.839 So I don't know. I don't know what happened, but 86 00:05:10.839 --> 00:05:14.240 but here's the thing. Until about July fourteenth, I think 87 00:05:14.240 --> 00:05:18.360 it is gigaparts will gigaparts is offering a ten percent 88 00:05:18.399 --> 00:05:20.680 coupon off of these cables. They're kind of pricey. You 89 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:23.279 can build your own, you can do that, totally cool. 90 00:05:24.800 --> 00:05:27.319 But if you want a ten percent discount off of 91 00:05:27.319 --> 00:05:30.160 either one of these cables, use the code of six 92 00:05:30.199 --> 00:05:32.879 to six hr two. Sixty six is the it's for 93 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:37.160 SCU sixty six is the Yazoo model number. So there's 94 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.720 a SU six six five foot and an SU sixty 95 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:44.000 six L ten foot. But you can use the coupon 96 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:48.360 code of six six hr two at gigaparts to get 97 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:50.639 a ten percent discount off of either one of these 98 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:55.240 cables and save some money that way. So there you go. 99 00:05:55.360 --> 00:06:00.480 So you know, eleven twelve thirteen dollars off of that price. Yeah, 100 00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:06.879 they're a little bit pricey. I agree, But we were crying. 101 00:06:06.879 --> 00:06:09.399 A lot of us were crying that it was not 102 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:15.160 a separatable radio originally, and I understood that point. Well 103 00:06:15.160 --> 00:06:18.759 now it is, so picker battles. Take what it take 104 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:22.319 what it's worth and and go from there. So that's 105 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:25.680 where we're going to go. Now, let me unmute Frank 106 00:06:25.800 --> 00:06:28.720 and cover my ears. What's up, dude, Hey man, what's 107 00:06:28.759 --> 00:06:31.839 going on? It is? It is going? I got the 108 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:38.079 air constr this stream, yes, agreed, agreed, I was. 109 00:06:38.199 --> 00:06:39.639 I kind of didn't know if you were going to 110 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.040 be home or not, so that's why I texted you 111 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:46.079 this morning. Yeah, but it's actually I I took you 112 00:06:46.360 --> 00:06:48.759 last week off because it was the fifth Friday. I 113 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:52.720 was not supposed to stream anyways, but I was like, 114 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:55.639 gotcha streaming? No, no, no, no, I'm gonna go and spend 115 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:59.160 some time hanging out. So I spent some time with 116 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.839 some friends and family. That's always nice. And how do y'all? 117 00:07:03.920 --> 00:07:06.920 We got the tanker going on in the check tanker 118 00:07:07.000 --> 00:07:11.920 forty five. Yeah, y'all are amazing Tom. Other than that, man, 119 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.199 I had the radio out on my deck for a 120 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.560 lot of this week when I could geez, man, rained, 121 00:07:18.639 --> 00:07:20.920 rain rain, rain. Yeah. 122 00:07:20.959 --> 00:07:23.720 Well it was okay, so we were you know, it 123 00:07:23.800 --> 00:07:25.720 rained off and on in Colorado. But dude, it was 124 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.519 so freaking nice the day the last three days we 125 00:07:28.519 --> 00:07:31.399 were there, it was clear and sunny with white clouds 126 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:35.360 in the blue sky. And had we been in Texas 127 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:37.480 with skies like that, it would have been ninety five degrees, 128 00:07:37.480 --> 00:07:40.600 but it was like eighty degrees in Colorado. So I'm 129 00:07:40.600 --> 00:07:42.920 not complaining about the weather at all. Much less humid, 130 00:07:43.360 --> 00:07:45.879 a little bit warm, eighty you know, lo to mid 131 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:47.839 eighties something like that. It was nice. It was really 132 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:50.199 nice weather in Colorado the whole time, except for the 133 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:52.759 few times it did rain. But the rain was short lived. 134 00:07:53.160 --> 00:07:55.160 We didn't get rained out of anything we were gonna do, 135 00:07:55.279 --> 00:07:59.680 so it was good. Phil day was yes, beautiful, good. 136 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:03.360 It was a little warm, but since we had that cabin, man, 137 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:05.720 you would have loved this cabin. Did you see a 138 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:06.399 video on it? 139 00:08:06.759 --> 00:08:11.800 I did not know. I I see I saw it. 140 00:08:11.800 --> 00:08:14.639 It came across my feed. I think maybe Emily watched it. Oh, 141 00:08:14.680 --> 00:08:17.120 it came. It came across but she subscribes to you 142 00:08:17.240 --> 00:08:21.480 and and Mike and a few others. But uh, it 143 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:22.959 came across my feet. And I do want to watch 144 00:08:22.959 --> 00:08:24.120 it because I want to see what I missed on 145 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:28.160 field day. I did some field day logging and used 146 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.920 the Polo app for field day, mostly for field day 147 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:35.759 and activation because there's no cel service in National parks 148 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:38.960 for the most part, so an online logger was not working, 149 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.519 so we used the Polo app. I promised Sebastian I 150 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.159 would use the Polo app on that trip, and I did. 151 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:44.480 I used it like three or four times. 152 00:08:44.559 --> 00:08:47.960 So and overall, what was your feel for it? 153 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:52.679 I like it, I don't. I like the World Radio 154 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:57.360 League app better, not because of anything Polo is doing wrong, 155 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.720 but just because of a few extra feature that it's missing. 156 00:09:02.039 --> 00:09:04.399 But I know that he's working on. So in other words, 157 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:06.679 World Radio League is just a little bit ahead in 158 00:09:06.720 --> 00:09:09.799 the race than Polo in my opinion. In my opinion, 159 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:12.399 you guys can disagree with me. It's okay, but I'm 160 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:14.840 actually I'm actually working on a video that kind of 161 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:19.039 compares the two. Okay, and long story short, both of 162 00:09:19.080 --> 00:09:20.919 them are great and you're not going to be disappointed 163 00:09:20.960 --> 00:09:23.360 with either one. There's just different features that each one does. 164 00:09:24.039 --> 00:09:28.559 And I'm gonna say that in the video, I was like, 165 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:29.919 you know, if you like this one, use this one. 166 00:09:29.960 --> 00:09:31.080 If you like the other one, use the other one. 167 00:09:31.120 --> 00:09:33.840 Doesn't matter. I mean, it's they're both. They're birth grate apps. 168 00:09:34.840 --> 00:09:37.759 So I am Polo now on the phone. I think 169 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:40.519 it's a little bit easier it was a little clonky 170 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:42.600 in the beginning. There was a learning curve to it. 171 00:09:42.840 --> 00:09:46.360 I'm like hammers, you open up Hammers. Everything was immediate, 172 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:51.440 everything was parent and it was really easy to see right. However, 173 00:09:52.279 --> 00:09:54.840 once I got used to Polo, Polo was so much faster. 174 00:09:55.000 --> 00:09:59.519 Film the streamline now the computer hands down Hammer's pro. 175 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:04.440 I was even using it on my activation for uh 176 00:10:04.559 --> 00:10:08.240 Cooper Lake State Park and we I used that. I 177 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:11.919 did like four hundred contacts before field day. 178 00:10:12.879 --> 00:10:17.039 I was getting ham alerts about you working ft A. Yeah, yeah, 179 00:10:17.399 --> 00:10:21.120 I was totally. I was totally getting Hamlert everything. Man, yep. 180 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:25.639 So, but yeah, you should check out that video. 181 00:10:27.000 --> 00:10:29.159 Watch it, watch it, watch it tonight. 182 00:10:29.279 --> 00:10:34.080 Last good you were missed. Robert was missed, Mike was missed. 183 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.200 I mean I think Mike did a video, uh with 184 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:40.080 his buddies in Michigan. He went up to Michigan, I 185 00:10:40.120 --> 00:10:42.759 think so. And I saw I saw that come across 186 00:10:42.759 --> 00:10:43.559 my feed behaving. 187 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:47.320 Both of the y'all scheduled trips. Shame on y'all schedule 188 00:10:47.879 --> 00:10:48.559 for field day. 189 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:50.919 Yeah, I know, yeah, I know, I know. 190 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.639 After a scheduled I don't blame you, but come on, yeah, 191 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:59.159 I will, all right, so today we're going to update 192 00:11:00.080 --> 00:11:04.919 the firmware on the on this on this radio here. 193 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:10.519 Okay. Now, I know a lot of people are this 194 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:12.840 radio has been a hot topic. There's a lot of 195 00:11:12.879 --> 00:11:15.639 people that there's a lot of people that have issues 196 00:11:15.639 --> 00:11:17.279 with the radio. There's a lot of people that like 197 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:20.399 the radio. I've heard good and bad points about the radio. 198 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:25.759 I like it. Did you I like it? I didn't. 199 00:11:26.080 --> 00:11:29.159 I did not. I did not take it. I did 200 00:11:29.200 --> 00:11:31.440 not take it. I took my emty. I took my 201 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:35.320 ftd X ten. Okay, Now, about half the time we 202 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:40.679 activated from the truck, like Great Sand Dunes and which 203 00:11:40.720 --> 00:11:43.000 other one I think, uh, Black Canyon and the Gunnison. 204 00:11:43.759 --> 00:11:49.240 We we had uh and and four corners. We couldn't 205 00:11:49.279 --> 00:11:52.600 really there weren't really picnic areas. I think Black Canyon 206 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:54.200 and the Gunnis And we were just pressed for time. 207 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:57.039 Uh Great sand Dunes, there wasn't really a picnic area. 208 00:11:57.159 --> 00:12:02.320 So we activated from the truck. And I have determined 209 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:05.000 that my TS four A d h X I have 210 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.440 in the truck. I don't. I don't like it. And 211 00:12:08.480 --> 00:12:12.159 what I mean by that is it's not it's not 212 00:12:12.240 --> 00:12:14.240 great on the receiver. If you if you use the 213 00:12:14.240 --> 00:12:17.399 TX four eighty and then you go to another park 214 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:19.679 and sit down and break out the ftd x ten 215 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:24.000 night and day difference. The ftd X ten has so 216 00:12:24.320 --> 00:12:28.600 much better filtering and such a much better receiver. It's 217 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:30.679 just it's not And to leave aside the fact that 218 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:32.279 it has a big screen with the waterfall, I don't 219 00:12:32.279 --> 00:12:34.600 even care about that for the purpose of this argument. 220 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:37.759 It's just it's just a it's a much much newer 221 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.639 radio than the Kinwood, and it's just it's it's much 222 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:46.080 easier to activate PODA. I worked Dave KB five U 223 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.279 T Y. I don't know if he's in the chat tonight. 224 00:12:51.000 --> 00:12:53.240 He was. He texted me on one of them. He's like, dude, 225 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:55.559 I guess you can't hear me because I can hear you. Guys, 226 00:12:55.559 --> 00:12:56.960 you're down in the noise, but I can hear you. 227 00:12:57.000 --> 00:12:57.960 And he was trying to get back to me. I 228 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:00.000 couldn't hear him at all. And then the next day 229 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:02.720 he blew my speaker out of my Yazuo. When they're 230 00:13:02.759 --> 00:13:06.799 sitting in Rocky Mountain. He's like, he's like uniform tager yeah, 231 00:13:06.799 --> 00:13:09.200 and I'm like, dude, you're like blowing my speaker or 232 00:13:09.279 --> 00:13:11.360 ten over five nine, and he's like, dude, you're twenty 233 00:13:11.399 --> 00:13:13.480 over five nine coming back to Texas. He's like, the 234 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.799 band's better today. But I was like, well, I got 235 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:19.000 a better radio also, So it was I don't know. 236 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:24.480 But anyway, so guess what separation cables? Now? I think 237 00:13:24.480 --> 00:13:26.159 I'm gonna I think I'm gonna put this in the truck. 238 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:28.960 So they're gonna put this in the truck, go ahead. 239 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:31.879 Do you think they did that on purpose or did 240 00:13:31.879 --> 00:13:35.759 they react to everybody saying why don't we have a 241 00:13:35.799 --> 00:13:37.159 sex separation cable? 242 00:13:37.159 --> 00:13:37.960 Because I don't know. 243 00:13:38.279 --> 00:13:42.240 I think jenuine they saw that, and I think this 244 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:44.480 was a reaction. I don't think this was in the 245 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:47.759 pipe and they're trying to trick people. I think this 246 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:50.840 was a reaction because so many people said, we need one, 247 00:13:50.879 --> 00:13:52.480 we need one, we need one, we need one. 248 00:13:52.679 --> 00:13:55.840 I don't think there was anything nefarious about it. No, No, 249 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:58.000 I don't think that that was I don't think that 250 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:04.240 was it planned originally. I don't know. Was it something 251 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:07.559 that they responded to the audience about. I certainly would 252 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:11.559 like to think so, I think don't know. I don't know. 253 00:14:12.720 --> 00:14:15.200 I did invite and he's he. I didn't think he would. 254 00:14:15.240 --> 00:14:16.799 I didn't think he would show up. I did invite 255 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:19.360 John to this live stream. I know he was real busy. 256 00:14:19.480 --> 00:14:20.840 I was trying to get him on last month. He 257 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:23.080 was real busy last month. I haven't really talked to 258 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:26.279 him this month. I said, I send him a link 259 00:14:26.320 --> 00:14:27.759 to the to the live stream. I was like, join 260 00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:29.200 us on zoom if you want to. We're gonna talk 261 00:14:29.200 --> 00:14:32.240 about this radio either way, but you know, if if 262 00:14:32.279 --> 00:14:33.759 you want to. I didn't get a reply from him, 263 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:36.600 so I don't expect to see him tonight, but I 264 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:38.559 would love to. I would love to pick his brain 265 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:41.679 about that and see what he see what he says 266 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:43.240 about it. I don't, I don't. I don't really know. 267 00:14:43.480 --> 00:14:45.720 I don't think there was anything like, oh, just let's 268 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:48.960 lie to everybody and then and then uh and they 269 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:51.440 released it. Yeah, I don't. Yeah, I don't think it 270 00:14:51.519 --> 00:14:53.919 was that, at least I would like to think it's 271 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.200 not that. I really don't think it was that. 272 00:14:55.320 --> 00:14:59.039 I really think it was a reaction to the audience. 273 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:03.399 They did not predict the amount of people that wanted that. 274 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:06.919 I think you're right. I think you're right. Josh Ham 275 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:10.840 Radio Crash course twenty gift memberships. Thanks buddy. I guess 276 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:13.279 he's returning the favor I've given him five, like I 277 00:15:13.320 --> 00:15:15.480 don't know two or three times like that. Thanks buddy, 278 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:25.720 thanks for being here. But yeah, yeah, but m welcome 279 00:15:25.759 --> 00:15:28.679 to the uh welcome to the gift for memberships. Guys. 280 00:15:29.320 --> 00:15:32.320 Thanks for that, Josh so yeah, so no, I don't 281 00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:34.440 think there was anything nefarious about it at all. But 282 00:15:34.840 --> 00:15:36.360 so here's what we're gonna do to not We're gonna 283 00:15:36.440 --> 00:15:40.000 update the now. I already made a video about updating 284 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:46.960 the firmware to the first two things. Number One, people 285 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:49.720 were like, oh, well, the radio is like three weeks old. 286 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:51.840 They've already got a firmware update. That is not unusual. 287 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:54.799 That's not unusual at all. Okay, that that that is 288 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:59.679 that well, perhaps true, but even for even for Zet 289 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:02.200 like Zaigu had like three updates in the first month 290 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:04.600 because that sixty one hundred and sixty two hundred was 291 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:07.759 full of features that didn't work. But I mean, I 292 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.159 give you that, it's not unusual for radio manufacturer to 293 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:15.120 release new firmware updates for a new radio early on. Okay, 294 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:17.399 it's happened before, it's gonna happen again. Get over it. 295 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.840 If you don't want to buy a new radio because 296 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:22.200 of that, if you want to wait a year to 297 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:25.799 buy radio, okay, cool, cool, good, do that your decision. 298 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:28.399 So they came out with a firmware update, and I 299 00:16:28.399 --> 00:16:30.360 did a video saying here's how you update the firmware. 300 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:32.320 And this was more of a steps thing to just 301 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:34.320 like step one, step two, step three, here's how you 302 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:36.320 do it. So all of those steps will apply to 303 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:41.519 what we're doing tonight. But the newest revision of the 304 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:46.679 firmware update. Let's see, yeah, right here, So this is 305 00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:50.559 we where we are tonight. This is what we're gonna 306 00:16:50.559 --> 00:16:54.320 do tonight. We're gonna update to firmware. It's it's dated 307 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:58.639 June of twenty twenty five. And this this this manual, 308 00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:02.559 this update information PDF document. It's actually June twenty seventh 309 00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:05.359 of twenty twenty five, so less than two weeks ago, 310 00:17:06.200 --> 00:17:08.920 like nine ten days ago, something like that. Okay, so 311 00:17:09.000 --> 00:17:12.599 I've already downloaded the firmware. We're gonna go through it 312 00:17:12.599 --> 00:17:14.400 here in a minute. But here is this. This was 313 00:17:14.440 --> 00:17:18.160 great because the first the first one in the in 314 00:17:18.200 --> 00:17:21.519 the update notes, it said fixed operation features. It was 315 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:24.200 very vague. It didn't really tell what the first one did. 316 00:17:25.039 --> 00:17:27.519 But this one's good. It lays out details of what 317 00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:30.759 is in this firmware. Added APRS message function. Now, anyone 318 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.599 who saw Jason cam for ACK's video knows that there 319 00:17:34.640 --> 00:17:36.359 was no way to send a message or reply to 320 00:17:36.400 --> 00:17:40.119 message on APRS OOPS. Originally he made a video, he 321 00:17:40.160 --> 00:17:43.160 put it up there. JESU responded to it and said, Yep, 322 00:17:43.240 --> 00:17:46.160 you're right, we're gonna have to fix that, and they 323 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:48.799 owned it, and you know, kudos to JESU for doing that, 324 00:17:49.240 --> 00:17:51.680 and now it looks like they've fixed it. Okay. They 325 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:56.000 added support for the ATOS one twenty eight displays the 326 00:17:56.039 --> 00:17:58.200 selected HF and ten at connector number at the top 327 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:00.119 of the screen. I didn't notice that at first, but 328 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:04.960 that's that's cool, okay, because, as I said in one 329 00:18:05.000 --> 00:18:08.039 of my first videos, the Optima has two Intenta ports 330 00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:11.319 on it, which for a radio in this price range 331 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:13.359 is a little bit unusual. It's not unheard of, but 332 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:16.200 it's a little bit unusual because my FTDX ten doesn't 333 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:21.279 even have two Intenta ports. Improved APRS beacon reception sensitivity. 334 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:23.599 That was another thing that came for Ackjason talked about. 335 00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:27.079 Fixed issue with GPS coordinates not being displayed properly. Improved 336 00:18:27.079 --> 00:18:31.240 the noise blanker characteristics. Fixed issues with the vol volume 337 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:34.079 not being adjustable while in CW message or voice memory 338 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.799 screen is displayed. Hadn't experienced that on myself. Fixed issue 339 00:18:37.839 --> 00:18:41.519 with subside receiving sound being output during split operation, fixed 340 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:44.200 issue with setting menu not being backed up to SD 341 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:47.960 card properly, and other minor fixes. So this is a 342 00:18:47.960 --> 00:18:52.400 good list of updates to firmware for this radio. So 343 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:56.480 that's what. So that's what we're going to look at today. 344 00:18:56.519 --> 00:19:00.319 And on top of that, I have, let's say'm gonna 345 00:19:00.319 --> 00:19:03.240 switch back over here real quick. I have a Bluetooth 346 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:05.319 module and a GPS module I picked up at Gigabarts 347 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:07.039 when I was there a couple of weeks ago, so 348 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:10.880 we're gonna put those in tonight. I also have and 349 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:14.480 I don't have my Optima out here. It's inside, but 350 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:16.559 I got to carry handle for the Optima as well. 351 00:19:17.759 --> 00:19:20.039 Kind of lame that it that that the Optima doesn't 352 00:19:20.039 --> 00:19:23.480 come with this, in my opinion, but you know, to 353 00:19:23.559 --> 00:19:26.400 each his own, that's what it is. Let's move on. 354 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:30.160 So So yeah, so we're gonna do this firmer update 355 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:33.440 real quick, which is not gonna be hard. It wasn't 356 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:36.000 hard the first time. It's not gonna be hard this time. Okay. 357 00:19:36.079 --> 00:19:38.640 So what we want to do is we want to 358 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:45.599 look and see what the current version is. Okay, so 359 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:48.400 we're going to turn this back on. Okay, so it 360 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:50.920 says press that hold it down the function of but 361 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:55.839 in other words, going to the menu. Come on there, 362 00:19:55.880 --> 00:20:02.720 we go, slide over to menu three right there, and 363 00:20:02.799 --> 00:20:10.759 go to extension setting and then scroll down to software version. Okay, 364 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.000 and now here, I know you guys can't see that. 365 00:20:13.000 --> 00:20:15.359 I'm showing you the screen right now. So here's what 366 00:20:15.400 --> 00:20:20.440 we're on right now. Okay. The display is on zero 367 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:23.680 one dash zero two, the main is on zero one 368 00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:27.039 dash zero four. DSP is on zero one, zero one. 369 00:20:27.079 --> 00:20:28.799 There wasn't an update to that one in the last 370 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:31.400 firm where SDR is on zero one, zero three and 371 00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:36.920 DST is USA. Okay, whatever that means. So we're gonna 372 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:39.759 go back over here and we're gonna kind of follow this. 373 00:20:39.759 --> 00:20:42.920 This is this is really easy, okay. So you download 374 00:20:43.079 --> 00:20:46.680 the you download the zip file from jazu dot com. 375 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:49.880 You find the page for the FTX one. You go 376 00:20:49.920 --> 00:20:52.440 to files and you can go to updates, and you 377 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:55.200 can see this right here, and you can download certain 378 00:20:55.200 --> 00:20:56.720 things here. And then you go to files and you 379 00:20:56.759 --> 00:20:59.920 download the ftx one USA firm or Update twenty twenty 380 00:20:59.880 --> 00:21:04.000 five six, the second to last file right here, and 381 00:21:04.119 --> 00:21:06.200 uh and that's what the that's the firm where we're 382 00:21:06.200 --> 00:21:09.799 gonna update today. And then it opens up and it 383 00:21:09.960 --> 00:21:14.160 includes uh five, hold on, let me one. Two. Yeah, 384 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:17.680 five different firmware files, plus this PDF file that I'm 385 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:20.960 showing you right now, which is the manual English manual 386 00:21:21.000 --> 00:21:24.359 for update instructions. So all of that. So six different files, 387 00:21:24.559 --> 00:21:27.759 this PDF plus five different dot SFL files is the 388 00:21:27.759 --> 00:21:34.920 file extension and those are your former update versions and whatnot. Okay, 389 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:37.160 so we're gonna take this or no, not this one. 390 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:39.720 This one here is when I'm yeah, so we downloaded 391 00:21:39.720 --> 00:21:41.799 the firm where we unzipped it. I've got it sitting 392 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:43.839 here on my desktop. You guys can't see that right now. 393 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:47.119 Copy the file directly under the ftx one folder. So 394 00:21:47.160 --> 00:21:51.279 in other words, underneath the root not the root of 395 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:53.759 the SD card, but the but in the same directory 396 00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:57.759 as the root of the st card. And and that's 397 00:21:57.759 --> 00:22:00.440 what I'm gonna do here. So I'm doing this off camera. 398 00:22:01.240 --> 00:22:03.319 But basically all you want to do. 399 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:07.599 Is it's it's pretty simple. It's only one folder deep. 400 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:10.880 Correct, Yeah, yeah, it's only well, it's not even that 401 00:22:10.960 --> 00:22:13.359