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!

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Blessings!

Yaesu FT-991A with GPS

I'm not sure why, but the Yaesu FT-991A does not come with a built-in GPS unit. So if you want that data included in digital QSO's, you will need to connect your own external GPS antenna. Now comes the Garmin GPS18x PC, a fully compatible NMEA GPS, WAAS enabled antenna that connects to the FT-991A's GPS/CAT DB9 serial port. Power is supplied by a 12 volt plug into my Yaesu FP-1030A power supply.

Setup is pretty simple with radio menu 028 set to GPS1, which is the the default setting. Plug it in, and turn it on. Wait, slow down. Did you get that?

Now when you key up on a C4FM repeater - as well as with a few other functions - your location/distance is also transmitted/received for the other stations. And if it makes your day, you get the cool little green GPS satellite icon showing up on the FT-991A touchscreen. Nice!

Update: Oct 2020 

With a Powerwerx PowerPole-to-cigar lighter adapter, I plugged this into my RIGrunner 4007U because I kept hitting the plug sticking out the front of the power supply. This GPS is working great!