Everything Ham Radio Podcast

Hey everybody and welcome to another episode of the Everything Hamradio Podcast. This is episode 3 and today we are talking about the Yaesu System Fusion system. First off, what is Yaesu System Fusion? It is a Digital Communications System that works on both digital and analog voice communications It has automatic mode selection between Digital Voice, Digital Data, Digital Voice and Data and Analog FM It uses a narrower bandwidth at just 12.5 kHz Digital Voice Communications Clearer and crisper audio It is about the same range as Analog FM, but rather than gradually getting more noisy until you just noise, you are either there or you are not with digital It uses the full 12.5 kHz bandwidth Digital Only Can send and receive pictures, text message or files Uses a full 9600 baud to transfer data It uses the full 12.5 kHz bandwidth Voice and Digital Bandwidth is split between voice and data, 7.25 kHz each Voice audio not as clear, but still as good as Analog Group Monitor Function Up to 24 stations can be