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AA5JG
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 23, 2010 19:21
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Great on satellites
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I picked up one of these rigs a couple of weeks ago in a trade, used it for a weekend, and ended up trading it away. Might buy it back from the friend I traded it too because I liked it that much.
The thing that impressed me about it was how well it heard the FM satellites. It blew my FT857D away on receiving SO50 and AO27 on 70cm, and that isn't even its main band. Also, it sure is nice to have 70 watts on 2m.
So why the 4? The memory programming on it is kind of quirky, but it did get the job done. Still, it isn't set up near as well as current rigs for programming and such. Somehow one of the memories kept getting written to the VFO frequency when using it in memory mode. Never did figure out why.
Overall, a pretty good rig if you don't need to transmit on 70cm. Will do 1 way repeat from UHF to 2m also, so it will get you into the 2m repeater if you can hear the repeater directly.
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KD0EXI
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Rating: 4/5
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Oct 6, 2008 08:38
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GREAT RADIO
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I find this to be a great radio, like the 70 watts Tx power, easy to program, I gave the rating due to the ease of use and power sound in great, use the loke to hold freq,
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KC0LRM
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Rating: 4/5
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Feb 7, 2008 20:04
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GREAT RIG
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Great rig. It does have some programming issues, but I believe those are due to when it was produced. I love this radio and love the features. Definitely a keeper in my book.
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W4RIG
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 13, 2007 17:29
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Solid Performer
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have owned the FT-3000M Mobile Rig for more than 8 years with light use, but very reliable.
It provides more than enough power for 2 meters -using an Astron 20 amp power supply and Diamond SG7900A mobile antenna. While these are now mostly available used, I would like to find another one if this one finally goes to join the choir of angels.
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N7EFA
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 26, 2007 21:49
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a great radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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this ft3000m was hard for me to lurn how to operate but when i got out the book and realey read it, it turn out not hard at all, all and all it's a real good rig,... 70 watts yes thats a lot for two metters but it's there if you need it ,yes i would get a nother one if i find one....n7efa
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KF4QED
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Rating: 4/5
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Jul 12, 2006 21:40
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Freq hops on key-down
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Frequency changes when keying down the hand-mic can be eliminated by taking the cover off the mic and cleaning the mic switch with tuner/contact cleaner.
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KC0NOX
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Rating: 3/5
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Apr 5, 2006 15:26
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Some good, some ???
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Bought at hamfest for reasonable price in good condition. Wanted home-use 2m with wide receive and the cross-band repeat.
Repeating set-up reasonably easy, but had a few reports of intermittent re-transmission (lowest power, CTCSS protected). Good audio quality in / out.
The bizarre:
When switching to VFO from a memory, ALL the information is transferred: tones, alpha tag, etc. If you want to dial around the band, you must go into the menu to cancel the tones. If you don't want the alpha tag to display (regardless of the VFO frequency displayed), you must go into the menu to change that - otherwise, it's easy to think you're monitoring a memory freq.
If you swap a memory channel into the sub-band, it comes back into the main band as a VFO frequency - instead of the memory. Rotate the dial and the frequency changes from the memory, rather than scrolling memory channels.
The Dual Watch & Priority are almost identical in function, except that DW checks every second, and PRI every 5 seconds. You can't use these in combination with each other or any scanning mode.
SmartSearch only scrolls through limits one time. How many repeaters, or other frequencies, are you going to find in a single 30 second search?
Has anyone tried the RT Systems' ADMS software for programming?
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KC2JRI
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Rating: 3/5
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Sep 6, 2005 07:22
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Tx Problems
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Occasionally, the frequency jumps downward by 5khz when I key the mike. Further key-ups result in more 5khz downward jumps???? Also, the volume control is noisy. Anyone know a fix for these problems?
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W7KID
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Rating: 5/5
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Feb 26, 2004 12:24
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Excellent 2M Rig & 440RX & Cross Band to boot
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I've had 2 of these radios and they're great. The only problem I've ever had with either one of them, and it may be an easy fix, is on the one I currently have it doesn't beep when putting in the frequency from the keypad. Which is something I noticed on an earlier review, someone saying that it doesn't do direct entry. It does indeed do direct entry. You just need to change the "remote" setting in the menu to "mic". (one of those things I admit I actually read the manual, hihi)
I'm pretty impressed with the wide range coverage as well. 110-174, 300-520, and 800-999.
I've seen these go for anywhere from low $100 to $200, and depending on condition I think it's an excellent buy.
73, Ken
W7KID
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VE3TMT
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Rating: 4/5
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Feb 10, 2004 08:24
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Not bad for the price
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Pros:
Wide band receive, including AM air traffic
Good loud audio
Very nice display
Excellent for scanning usage
Cons:
Tuning knob is too easily bumped, causing the radio to switch VFO's
Susceptible to RF from HF rig sitting next to it (causes the 3000 to key up, no other 2m rig I've owned ever had this problem)
No direct freq entry from the mic pad
CTCSS decode is optional - it should be included standard
Other that that I find the radio to be a good value, get great audio reports and it sure does look good in the shack.
73,
Max
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