Yaesu FT-8500 Dual Band Full Duplex Air Band Cross Band Repeater

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   Prepper Bear says:

   May 31, 2014 at 9:01 AM

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   Jack Wilson says:

   May 31, 2014 at 8:39 AM

   Prepper Bear illegal transmit options at your finger tips.You should be
   ashamed for showing how to ruin a radio.

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   killforpeae69 says:

   May 31, 2014 at 7:47 AM

   Nice video Bear. Shot very well with out any distractions, got right to
   the point with good clean camera work. I just got this radio with the mod
   last week myself and love it. Glad you showed a test of the mod, gave me
   the idea to test it with my old scanner and worked perfect. Also if you
   didn’t know there is company out of Ca. selling high cap batteries on ebay
   pretty cheap. Not yaesu’s but they are 2000 mAh and Great for a few back
   ups.

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   Prepper Bear says:

   May 31, 2014 at 7:14 AM

   Thanks for watching…still studying manual on all the bells and whistles
   this unit will do. Added adapter and hooked it up to my attic 6ft tall
   Diamond X50 dual band antenna–picked up many stations/very sensitive
   reception. Yes, already did the battery upgrade. Ordered the newest 7.4
   volt 2400mAh pack from Batt America. Much thicker but a perfect/click fit.
   We’ll see how long it lasts…the stock pack only went about 5 hours.

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   wy1ble says:

   May 31, 2014 at 6:24 AM

   people keep saying it is illegal to have a ham radio that will also
   transment on GMRS and FRS. Can someone tell me why and show me the law/reg
   that says so? I can’t seem to find it.

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   1958Eagleeye says:

   May 31, 2014 at 5:55 AM

   Wow, did not know about this at all. Thank you.

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   Jim Craig says:

   May 31, 2014 at 5:34 AM

   Nice vid. Thanks!!!

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   Rich Allcorn says:

   May 31, 2014 at 4:39 AM

   You forgot to mention that when you talk on the GMRS channels, you have to
   have a GMRS license for your family, and must use that call sign when on
   the GMRS frequencies instead of your HAM call sign. As far as FRS, I’d
   stay off of those frequencies altogether. I don’t think you can turn the
   output power down enough to make it legal. FRS is for kids use – extremely
   short range. GMRS has good range, and with repeaters, it’s even better.
   BUT, you need to make sure you use your registered GMRS call sign, and
   abide by those rules. 

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   aric street says:

   May 31, 2014 at 4:23 AM

   Thanks for doing the mod on video and sharing. 

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    KD0RVY says:

    May 31, 2014 at 4:10 AM

    First off this is very sad. I don’t know if you have your FCC license or
    not, but I will assume you do, Im not sure why you would do something that
    would infringe on the legalities of having your FCC license and mod a radio
    that would illegally transmit on GMRS/FRS. If you dont have your FCC
    license for these radios, then I guess that explains a lot. Im also quite
    shocked that you would act like such a 5 year old with all your “bite me”
    comments. Seriously? I thought you were more mature than that. If you are a
    licensed “ham”, its people like you who give the rest of us good guys a bad
    name. It would be better if you just kept your infringing to yourself
    rather than sharing it.

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    Ryan Spencer says:

    May 31, 2014 at 4:04 AM

    Very Disappointed. Illegal instruction teaching people how to violate
    amateur and commercial radio rules and regulations. Thank Heavens for the
    FCC. 

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    Thomas Ordon says:

    May 31, 2014 at 3:07 AM

    KF5IDH
    This is so illeagle for you to the point your unit is a felony as of now.
    only Hams can mod there radios. And at that only TX on out of Ham bands for
    emergencys only.

    your better off with a real frs gmrs radio i have a vx8dr moded leagly and
    a frs/gmrs radio (try to use the vd8 on frs/gmrs bands and program them and
    than what do you have for other bands.

    think before you do these things. Preping is fine if your not being
    crazy.. 

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    89oi says:

    May 31, 2014 at 2:55 AM

    You are deceitful. While you might be willing to violate FCC rules, not all
    of your viewers are. You should clearly explain the legal issues of this
    mod and let your viewers decide for themselves whether they want to violate
    the law.

    From a SHTF point of view, I am perfectly OK with people owning
    transmitting radios for which they are not licensed to operate… provided
    they do not transmit UNLESS they are in an emergency situation. I don’t
    care what the law says, in an emergency situation, people should do what is
    necessary to save lives.

    The radio you purchased is very expensive (did buy it legally?). “Prepper”
    Bear, if you have that much money to spend, why wouldn’t you fully
    “prepare” yourself by getting properly licensed and then buying FCC
    approved radios? Do you believe anarchy should rule the airwaves? If that
    is your position, you should have the courage to say so. By withholding
    these details, you are deceiving your viewers. Are you hoping they will
    unknowingly break the law? Is that your objective, to create anarchy? Are
    your viewers mere pawns in your anarcho-capitalist scheme to create
    anarchy? What motivates you to cavalierly deceive your viewers?

    Let me guess. Your answer will be, “Bite me.” 

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    Kinley1978 says:

    May 31, 2014 at 2:37 AM

    Thank you for posting this. It was a bacon saver! Awesome!

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    Jack Wilson says:

    May 31, 2014 at 2:20 AM

    Oh and the FCC will nail you contrary to popular belief if you show up on
    someones repeater especially mine.

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    Achisachis73 says:

    May 31, 2014 at 1:35 AM

    Do Not do it, it will change the programming of the radio reducing power to
    about 2 Watts. This is not a jumper it is a resistor of about 86 ohms

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