VX-8 explained

[robblac]

explained ?? is that a fucking joke ?

[SEWashingtonTactical]

Is the bluetooth BU-1 compatible with all bluetooth headsets or just the ones from Yeasu?

[tydkq369]

中々いい無線機ですね。

[howden123456]

£330 and oh yes another £100 of so for bluetooth gps mic...are pepole bloody mad!!!???

[tubesteakbooky]

ahhhhhhh,so!

[ke5vmo]

Is the ruggedness of the vx-8r comprable to a moto ht? Is the gps unit attached to the spkr mic?

73,

ke5vmo

[unsignedint]

It is newest unit of VX product line which is rugged, and fully water proof. (rated 30 minutes in 1m underwater.) GPS unit can be attached to microphone or to the unit.

[haansgruber]

The GPS is built in, the GPS antenna adapter mounts on the top of the radio, or the external microphone.

peace :)

[williamtobinjr]

I played around with one at Ham Radio Outlet in Atlanta. I was disappointed that Yaesu abandoned the 100% magnesium body construction of the VX-7r. Some of the VX-8r body is plastic. Nice radio, though.

GPS is indeed through an optional attachment to the speaker mic.

73's de KB3KLQ!

[gmtless6]

....guess you can touch the buttons at the Japanese show (see the video from Dayton).

[technogearhead]

what good is a gps on this thing? the screen is a small mono color display.

if it was like the garmin it may have some use.

digital capabilities?

USB port?

The bluetooth is nice, if it works.

[unsignedint]

It is not really aiming to be fully functional navigation device, but rather, it will be a device for exchanging position data, etc.

You should be able to tell relative position of other people in APRS network, though.

[tintin20001967]

Will we ever get it in the u.k.?? any one!

[mcspringfield]

compare to the 7R.. does the batt last any long? most of the 7R we has drain alot of batt. can last even half a day while on tracking.

[unsignedint]

That'd be interesting to find out. I think ti'll be purely depending on how often it transmit the posit data, etc.

[tilenc]

Does anybody know if the HT is capable of sending and receiving APRS messages or it is only made for reporting the position? TNX for answer!

[feared7]

I think the radio looks sweet, not so much like other Yaesu's but still cool lookin'. I want to know why the microphone is so funky looking, it must have some sort of purpose.

[unsignedint]

It's because microphone contains a GPS unit.

So that funky looking is due to its antenna for that.

[feared7]

Thank you! I appreciate your effort put forth to communicate that with me! :)

[unsignedint]

Also I've added the annotation to the video, so take a look! :-)

[feared7]

Hey thanks again! I really appreciate it!

[gomemdesoto]

Couldn't Yaesu have put the GPS into the radio iteself, rather than having this external GPS and bulky cumbersome GPS antenna arrangement ?

After all there is plenty of slimline mobile phones with GPS plus GPS antenna built in, like the Apple Iphone 3G and Nokia E71.

[unsignedint]

You can at least attach GPS unit on the radio itself, not on mic. Still big antenna though.

[MustangFan424]

Ugly microphone and radio.

[gaycowboymovies]

lol...

is it ugly?

Mustangs are ugly and unreliable but some people buy them.

[MustangFan424]

Yeah talk out of your ass more.

[gaycowboymovies]

stop looking at my ass.