Programming FTM-300 Using SD Card

Hello Everyone. Just wanted to make a quick video of how to program the FTM-300 using the SD Card Method.
Here is a link to the programming software provided by Yaesu
www.yaesu.com/downloadFile.cf...
#VA1MRT #Yaesu #FTM300

[@standish92k]

For some reason my FTM-300 program has the open function grayed out as well as the upload to SD card function. I can't send anything to SD.

[@coolfish61]

How do you solve it? I have the same problem...

[@ramseshaiyer]

For some reason my FTM-300 program has the open function grayed out as well as the upload to SD card function. I can't send anything to SD. what is adms version?

[@coolfish61]

Hi, I have the same trouble, did you can solve it? How? 73!

[@uhfstation3530]

Thanks for sharing this!

[@sam1965uk]

Top Video i have just FTM-400XDR and been struggling to program this video got me up and running in 10 mins thanks very much M7SNS

[@VA1MRT]

Glad I could help!!

[@allankelley176]

Thank you for the vid!

[@hobbiehobbs]

Hope someone finds this helpful. What I did was read the sd card of my ftm-400 to ADMS-7 then saved the file to my computer. I opened ADMS-12 and selected import from ftm-400 then read to a new sd card formatted in the ftm-300. Took the card out of the computer, inserted it in the radio and read to radio. Worked seamlessly.

[@holotape]

Thank you!

[@timjackson4590]

I have followed the instructions and now my SD card is write protected when I plug it into my computer to add frequencies. I can't reformat it now. It has happened now to 2 SD cards.

[@VA1MRT]

The only time I've ever had issues with the cards becoming write protected was when the device it was connected to was not either A shut down properly or B the eject process from the pc wasn't followed to give the safe removal of the card.

[@CoHamGuy]

Thanks for the video, question- do you know what the ‘step’ field does on a memory channel configuration ? This makes no sense to me if you are in memory channel mode. I understand step if you happen to be in vfo mode but what does it do in memory mode?

[@VA1MRT]

From what I can tell it has no effect on the memory channel. For example you see the steps the radio takes if you turn the VFO to the particular frequency you desire so when you save that particular frequency into memory the step information is just programmed with it.

[@CoHamGuy]

@@VA1MRT thanks for replying, makes sense to me!

[@fred-283]

A few questions regarding Yaesu FTM-300: 1) So if one uses an SD card, you do not need the programming cable, right? - 2) What kind of SD card does it have to be and what file system? - 3) Does one need a bluetooth device by Yaesu or do other headsets etc. also work? - 4) How is the receiver sensitivity? Excellent, average, below average? - 5) Can the frequency range be extended easily or only by a hardware mod? ---- Many questions. :-) But I hope, there are people who can give answers to all or most of these questions. --- Many thanks.

[@VA1MRT]

1. If you use the SD card method you will not need to use the cable. 2. Any SD card will work, SanDisk or Samsung make very nice SD Cards. For file system id have to check on what the programming software exports for the radio to read the files. 3. I have not used a Bluetooth device but I have come across lists of devices people have tried 4. For receiver sensitivity I think it'd quite good. Now saying that I also have mine connected to an antenna that's 35 feet up in the air on top of my tower. 5.As for hardware mod I'm sure if you're tech savvy enough it could be done.

[@darrellhale3657]

@@VA1MRT Can't be larger than 32g

[@VA1MRT]

@@darrellhale3657 Good to know! Thank you!

[@darrellhale3657]

@@VA1MRT I have a 64g and it won't acknowledge it. Now I have to go to the store. It's on pg 20 on the manual.

[@briangarel2015]

you had a lot of frequencies in there...is there a way to populate the ADMS software without having to do it one at a time?

[@VA1MRT]

Hey Brian! I know I didn't add them all one by one that's for sure! I'll get back to you on how I did it.

[@VA1MRT]

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[@sv2evs]

I get an error message when i try to read the file from the radio. Any hints that i have missed maybe ? I did format the card (new) into the radio. 73 SV2EVS

[@VA1MRT]

Try and format the SD card in you're PC. I've tried to format from the radio before and it never worked. Then install in the radio so the radio develops the file structure. Remove the SD and install into you're PC. I know if you don't write the memories into the proper file location on the SD card you will get an error. I know I made a mistake the first time I tried and placed the file in the wrong location.

[@sv2evs]

@@VA1MRT What file system does the radio reads ? NTFS or FAT32 ?

[@VA1MRT]

@@sv2evs I believe it's FAT32. After you take the SD card out of the radio and into the PC do you see the files created by the radio?

[@sv2evs]

Yes i see the file but when i read i get the error message

[@VA1MRT]

@@sv2evs can you take pictures of the steps you take when you goto read the SD card on you're Radio. Hard to tell what's happening when I'm not in front of it.

[@TheGadgetwiz]

Thank you for this. Can you update your programming download link, and possibly put a link to the correct cable (even though it's not needed, the information might be useful). I would post the link here, but YT doesn't like non-YT links in the comments.

[@VA1MRT]

Hello! I will post the updated links. Thanks for the info and glad it helped out.

[@Rusted_Link]

Pro tip. DON'T BUY CHEAP SD CARDS, for anything, ever

[@VA1MRT]

Gas station SD cards are a hard No!!! Hahahah!

[@carlhale8990]

Do you need an SD card to store memory on this, or just to do by this method?

[@VA1MRT]

You don't need an SD card to store memories into the radio you can do it manually. The information is written into the radios internal memory. After you're done you can always leave the SD card in the radio and if you make any changes you can write that info to the SD card for a backup.