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Plus advanced features of the new FT5DR are: Wireless hands-free operation using the optional Bluetooth? headset (SSM-BT10); VOX function; Memory Auto Grouping (MAG); VFO Band Skip Function; Wide-range RX coverage with continuous reception from 0.5MHz¨C999.99MHz (A Band) & 108MHz¨C580MHz (B Band); Built-in high-sensitivity 66 channel GPS receiver; 1200/9600bps APRS Data modem; 2,200mAh High-Capacity Li-ion Battery Pack (SBR-14LI) as standard; Voice Recording Function; Simultaneous AM/FM broadcast Reception while monitoring two frequency channels; Micro SD Card Slot.
? ? ? ? New Quick Release Holster (SHB-26) is included in the FT5DR package as a supplied accessory that allows single-touch attaching and detaching the transceiver while wearing the holster on a belt.
Sounds like they've incorporated the firmware from the FTM-300 (MAG, high resolution bandscope, 66 channel GPS, etc) into the FT5.? ? I have an FTM-300, and really, really like the MAG function.? I enter a frequency into memory, and it's automatically grouped by VHF/UHF/AIR/All.? ?Toggle through band will take you through the groups.? Very handy if you keep a large number of frequencies in memory.?
The menu is also much easier to use than the FT2.
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Don? Ki5AIU
Udel, Donald B 'Don' - KI5AIU