Also a note from personal experience. Before I bought the FT-710, I spoke with a couple seasoned radio technicians, and from a technical perspective both advised to buy Yaesu. Not saying the other major manufacturers are bad, but they helped me deciding.
Grazie del Video, a mio avviso noto molto bene i Relè di commutazione di banda sono troppo piccoli per sopportare tutta la potenza di 100W stadio finale di Trasmissione mentre il circuito di Accordatore automatico molto simile Dal FT450 in poi FT991 , 710 e FT10dx , Transistor MOS piu' piccoli rispetto ad altri .
Thanks for the peek inside this rig, (purchased mine a couple of months back and very happy so far). Somewhere in your video production, things came out "mirror image" (internal speaker is on the left side of the rig). No big deal, but confusing in a demo like this.
I have an Extra Class License and have been involved in Amateur Radio for over 40 years. I just got my FT-710 about a week ago. Absolutly AMAZING receiver on this radio - but I agree 100% that not supporting built-in CW decoding on the FT-710 was a really really dumb move on Yaesu's part. The standard argument is that these CW decoders don't work that well anyway, but that's BS. Even without fancy A.I. or maximum-likelihood decoding algorithms, fairly simple adaptive timing dot-dash decoding code running on a whimpy Arduino grade processor less than 1/10th as powerful as the CPU in the 710 works reasonably well - even on most hand sent code - and works absolutely perfectly on machine sent code. That last point - that even fairly basic CW decoders work PERFECTLY with machine sent code is relevant because modern "texting" generation millennials who only hold Technician Class licenses can use machine sent CW for RTTY style "texing QSO's" on HF - allowing them to become active on the HF bands in the legacy Novice/Technician CW band segments of the 80, 40, and 15 Meter bands while they work on upgrading their licenses to General - which would encourage them to invest in an HF capable rig like the FT-710 sooner rather than later. (You would think that Yaesu would have figured this out). - YES, you can just hook up the FT-710 in 'sound-card mode' with your laptop and use FLDIGI - but having the radio capable of decoding CW QSO's on the fly would still be a BIG BIG PLUS. -- and following along with the transceiver's onscreen decoded display, would help with learning to 'head-copy' CW without hardware assistance - a very valuable skill, since CW signals can punch through under marginal conditions which make SSB voice operation impossible, like QRP SOTA QSOs with portable antennas -- or an emergency communication net when another asteroid drops into the Yucatan. So ALL modern HF transceivers should have at least some kind of basic support for built-in CW decoding.
Very nice video..I have more confidence now...I am interested in the fan connection. The video looks like it is a 3 pin molex with only 2 pins used...,.it that what it looks like to you>? Thanks for the answer John N6TRC
@@HamTechRadioScannerDrones Ham Radio Outlet sells the unit with the Mars Mod option. However, no one knows what it is. Would be nice to know. Hopefully someone opens a modded unit and shares the info soon.
Also a note from personal experience. Before I bought the FT-710, I spoke with a couple seasoned radio technicians, and from a technical perspective both advised to buy Yaesu. Not saying the other major manufacturers are bad, but they helped me deciding.
Agree its excellent and good value.
Thank you for the video helping us all with our natural curiosity to see inside the radio. 73 from Eduardo
Glad you enjoyed it!
Grazie del Video, a mio avviso noto molto bene i Relè di commutazione di banda sono troppo piccoli per sopportare tutta la potenza di 100W stadio finale di Trasmissione mentre il circuito di Accordatore automatico molto simile Dal FT450 in poi FT991 , 710 e FT10dx , Transistor MOS piu' piccoli rispetto ad altri .
Thanks
Thanks for the peek inside this rig, (purchased mine a couple of months back and very happy so far). Somewhere in your video production, things came out "mirror image" (internal speaker is on the left side of the rig). No big deal, but confusing in a demo like this.
Glad I could help!
I have an Extra Class License and have been involved in Amateur Radio for over 40 years. I just got my FT-710 about a week ago. Absolutly AMAZING receiver on this radio - but I agree 100% that not supporting built-in CW decoding on the FT-710 was a really really dumb move on Yaesu's part. The standard argument is that these CW decoders don't work that well anyway, but that's BS. Even without fancy A.I. or maximum-likelihood decoding algorithms, fairly simple adaptive timing dot-dash decoding code running on a whimpy Arduino grade processor less than 1/10th as powerful as the CPU in the 710 works reasonably well - even on most hand sent code - and works absolutely perfectly on machine sent code.
That last point - that even fairly basic CW decoders work PERFECTLY with machine sent code is relevant because modern "texting" generation millennials who only hold Technician Class licenses can use machine sent CW for RTTY style "texing QSO's" on HF - allowing them to become active on the HF bands in the legacy Novice/Technician CW band segments of the 80, 40, and 15 Meter bands while they work on upgrading their licenses to General - which would encourage them to invest in an HF capable rig like the FT-710 sooner rather than later. (You would think that Yaesu would have figured this out).
- YES, you can just hook up the FT-710 in 'sound-card mode' with your laptop and use FLDIGI - but having the radio capable of decoding CW QSO's on the fly would still be a BIG BIG PLUS.
-- and following along with the transceiver's onscreen decoded display, would help with learning to 'head-copy' CW without hardware assistance - a very valuable skill, since CW signals can punch through under marginal conditions which make SSB voice operation impossible, like QRP SOTA QSOs with portable antennas -- or an emergency communication net when another asteroid drops into the Yucatan.
So ALL modern HF transceivers should have at least some kind of basic support for built-in CW decoding.
I think they saved the function for the DX10 i also have the X6100 it decodes well and is great fun .thanks for watching.73
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Interesting to see the bottom compartment too.
Yes agree
Sooner you than me!👍☘️
Thanks
Very nice video..I have more confidence now...I am interested in the fan connection. The video looks like it is a 3 pin molex with only 2 pins used...,.it that what it looks like to you>? Thanks for the answer John N6TRC
Hi sorry I have sold it .
@@HamTechRadioScannerDrones why did you sell it?
Thought is looked odd... the video is "mirrored" left and right....
Oh weird
This is the PA unit. Where is the Main receiver unit?
I didn't go too deep.
and below?
I no longer have this set.
Are there any jumpers for MARS mod?
Nothing publicised at mo.
@@HamTechRadioScannerDrones what he means is will it tx 11 meters 🤣🤣
@@HamTechRadioScannerDrones Ham Radio Outlet sells the unit with the Mars Mod option. However, no one knows what it is. Would be nice to know. Hopefully someone opens a modded unit and shares the info soon.
@@Team-fabulous I'm looking for the mars mod also but not for 11m i want it for FT8 on 60m So maybe he is wanting the same thing