Military-Style Radio - FTM-6000 Manpack - Part II

Let's take the Yaesu FTM-6000R manpack to the field! Join me as my group and I conduct a digital exercise in the field. We'll do some keyboard-to-keyboard chat using the manpack and a ruggedized Panasonic Toughbook.

0:00 Introduction
0:22 Backcountry Gear
0:57 Camp Tour
2:06 Secondary Antenna Deployment
4:23 FTM-6000 Repeater Voice Test
5:02 Field Exercise Overview
7:18 HT Commo Check
7:52 FTM-6000 Digital Text Transmission
9:05 FTM-6000 Digital Text Receive
9:48 Field Exercise Review
10:48 FTM-6000 Manpack Overview
11:48 Why the FTM-6000 Manpack?
14:45 FTM-6000 Capabilities
16:58 FTM-6000 Cons
18:42 Manpack Miscellanea
21:08 Close

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