Yaesu VX-8DR UnBoxing KF5IDH

Yaesu VX-8DR UnBoxing
*Correction, Short Stub antenna is only extension not standalone (Primarily used for Below 50Hz Tx, it can be left on during all band RX/TX

I barely had time to do this,
aswell as updates to this radio and how to's.
(Underwater Demo, Satilite, and many more cool things you can do with this rig

(i decided it wasn't worth hiding serial number as its already registered to me.)


(as i say in my other Videos about this HT)
In regards to many people online saying this radio feels non rugged and that the sma connector will break easily
IMPHO without further Testing, I think this radio is more rugged than those reviews presume.
I would like to do a set of videos of Rugged testing of this radio.

I wish Yaesu would send me a few of these to Trash Uhm i mean Test, from many Different angles and heights to see where the weakness are.
(they could solder blob the boards in different spots to ensure they are not sold IE kill half the keyboard and side butons on few units (diff breaks on dif units to ensure we can test all points)
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[PatagoniaTrekkerHam]

Hi, this is Bob from Patagonia-Chile, what´s your opinion on the battery lasting on this particular HT ?, is there any thing you´d change or dislike on this model ? I wanna get one of those too.  regards.... Bob

[tlordon]

@PatagoniaTrekkerHam

Battery sucks for real world use. (as a scanner battery its great)

but its good for the size. (grab a big one or wire up a AA adapter to a Larger Battery pack( dont use the DC jack on the side to power it (it just allows to break later)

ya few things id change. but nothing comes to mind at moment..

[ViolentKisses87]

Good job doing all that with one hand :)

Question now that you have had it a few weeks any complaints and how does it charge?

It doesn't seem to say on the Yaesu website and I was hoping for a USB port on the radio or a charge cable at capable of receiving a charge from a USB :)

[tlordon]

@ViolentKisses87

no usb port . But you can use the rt cable. wish it was live link to a pc radio interface. they could but wont..

[bely4444]

how much did that cost u?

and how can I get one that made in Japan?

[tlordon]

@bely4444

all are japan made

[dw76]

good job explaining all the stuff. Sound stopps at 9:19. :-(

[kc2vso]

does this radio do 220??

[gmjones2001]

Does this radio have 1.25M band(222Mhz)?

[lucapima1974]

The audio And video go out of sync.

[downzeroproductions]

Have you tested if your radio can tune, 927.500 ham band? Some are blocked I need to see some that are not

[tlordon]

@PatagoniaTrekkerHam it comes with the Mini battery i gues you would call it.

i say its good for what it is.. get a spare if outside.