FT-70D on WIRES-X

To connect and control WIRES-X with your FT-70D, you first need to find the room or node numbers you would like to connect to at Yaesu's active Rooms and Nodes pages. All columns can be sorted. e.g. Sort by State to see rooms or nodes in your area.

If you are using a hotspot MMDVM, don't follow these instructions. See the information by Chris, K9EQ about this at hamoperator.com.

CONNECT - To connect to a WIRES-X repeater or node, select the frequency of the repeater or node, then press  MODE  until the DN mode is selected. Connect to WIRES-X by pressing   F   then  AMS .

SELECT - To connect to a room, rotate the  DIAL  until you get to the entry screen  EN # _ _ _ _ _ . Enter the room number and press  AMS 

STORE - After connecting to a room, store the room in one of five memory slots by pressing and holding the corresponding number of  1 ,  2 ,  3 ,  4 , or  5 . A confirmation beep will sound.

CHANGE - To change between rooms stored in memory,  DIAL  to the room and press  AMS .

DISCONNECT - To disconnect from a room, press and hold  BAND . To disconnect from WIRES-X and return to normal radio operations, press and hold  MODE .

If you run into trouble, just disconnect and reconnect to WIRES-X.

And there you have it!

Download the PDF of these instructions.

Blessings!

ZUMspot Nextion

Ah, the awesome ZUMspot, a digital voice door open to the world! How fantastic it is to talk all around the world with no static and no noise, like everyone is in the same room! Very cool! Between all the modes of digital voice, I have to say my favorite is YSF C4FM for its exceptional voice quality. My second favorite is DMR, but this requires getting used to the frequent "R2D2" picket fence sound.

The thing about the ZUMspot - and many other hotspots - is there is no display. It has the Pi-Star on-board html software, but to see the station information requires using a second device. But since this technology is fairly new, it is evolving very quickly. This is a good thing.

Riding along with this forward momentum, I'm now exploring computer programming for Raspberry Pi, and designing programs for the Nextion display. As it goes, I now have an awesome 3.2 inch Nextion touch display programmed and connected via USB to my ZUMspot. OMGoodness! It is, yes, AWESOME!

Next? Maybe program links to QRZ on the call sign...