Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Having tried most things, I shall give my FT-710AESS one more try on FT8.  So far, everything I have tried has failed. If it is something I...

This afternoon, I shall have a go at getting FT8 working on the Yaesu FT-710AESS.  It requires some drivers downloading first. There are sev...

Until today, I did not realise that 4m has to be enabled on this rig.  As it comes, both 70 MHz and UK 5 MHz bands have to be enabled. I tho...

Just now, I did a microprocessor reset on the FT-710AESS. Indeed the audio does come out of both speakers, but there still seems far more fr...

MLS have told me it is safe to do a full reset on this rig and I shall not lose 5 MHz and 70 MHz by doing so. Shortly I shall try this in th...

Yesterday, I fired up my Yaesu FT-710AESS for the first time. It is very highly rated on the Sherwood tests  coming 4th.  As a dedicated QRP...