![]() ![]() The FT-70D has been around long enough now that it’s listed in the supported radios. It may take a while for new radios to show up in the list of supported radios because the programming is done by volunteers who are part of the open source community. Chirp is open source software that is also freely downloadable. Now at $50, the price isn’t so attractive… especially if you tend to set and forget your radio’s settings. Different radios require different cables so you’ll need to spend another $25 for a cable unless you happen to have one already. At $25 or so for the software it’s reasonably priced. This software is easy to use and connect to your radio. Your second choice is to purchase CPS software from RT Systems. Besides an odd radio connection process involving plugging and unplugging various cables, functions like importing directly from outside sources such as Repeater Book are missing. Yaesu builds great radios but comes up short on programming software. The version for the FT-70D is AMDS -10 and it’s freely downloadable from the Yaesu web site. What are Your Choices?įirst is the CPS provided by Yaesu. With the huge number of channels in the FT-70D, trying to keep that straight using the key pad would be a nightmare.Įnter CPS or customer programming software. With just a few button presses you’ll be ready to go.Īll that’s great, but sometimes you’ll want to plan a bit more or manage channels you’ve collected and stored over time. When you have your smart phones GPS turned on and grant the app access to location information, you’ll get a list of known repeaters within the distance limit you specify in the app. This makes it particularly helpful when traveling and you have access to the Repeaterbook smart phone app. If you’ve seen my video intro to theft-70D, you know that’s true. One of the FT-70D’s claims to fame is that it is easy to program repeaters and other channels via the radio’s front panel. ![]()
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