Yaesu FT-710 - Reduce noise in 5 easy steps.

[@reallyoldrookie433]

I'm one of the guys who had the RF Gain all the way up so I could give a legit signal strength, using the AF as a volume. Tried the backing off of the RF with the AF up, amazing difference in the noise! The only complaint is that it is showing +40 on the S meter all the time. But now I see how these things work so I can get that figured out. Thanks for the information!

[@yqtszhj]

@@reallyoldrookie433 glad it helped out. It’s just working through that process of finding out what works best for our particular situation. Thanks for commenting.

[@1040north-t7h]

Im hearing really long comms. now. Wow. Thank you. Your settings work very well.

[@yqtszhj]

@@1040north-t7h That’s awesome. Glad it worked out for you.

[@PorkyPrepper]

Great vid---I'm new and I have a 710. Running BF I did get CA?

[@joshuaduhon8835]

This is great! Thanks for this. Really helps bring out SSTV signals too.

[@yqtszhj]

Glad it helped out. 73.

[@NShellhopper]

The area where you change the countour, the DSP, has several other settings that can make signals more intelligible. You can make the pass band wider, narrower, or offset it one way or the other. When there is a bad signal, even one that is being partially stepped on by another station, you can you can sometimes pull it out with the DSP by listening to less of the passband or shifting it a bit. And if you get it wrong you can just reaet it with one button. I also noticed you had an aess, how did that help, hurt?

[@yqtszhj]

@@NShellhopper Thanks for adding the additional info. I thought about adding that but tried to keep the video short and simple. You are correct those other features can make a big difference. As for the aess,I bought the field version, then attached a quality stereo speaker. It made a difference, I also faced the speaker away from me at my desk and that also cleans up the high noise in the audio over having it pointed at me. I probably will get a good set of headphones in the near future. Thanks

[@davidhaman4642]

Good summary still trying different contour settings

[@yqtszhj]

@@davidhaman4642 I hope it works out well for you. Let us know how it goes.

[@StarrKrumm]

The DNF eliminates tones, not pulse noise. If using CW or digital modes, never use DNF as it will target the desired signal. Use NB for pulse noise. The FT-710 has the best NB I’ve ever seen.

[@yqtszhj]

Very true regarding CW and digital modes and hanks for mentioning that. The NB is very good too. I’ve herd that Icom does well but I have no experience with them. Thanks!

[@Jimbo10250]

Is there a way to turn those stupid blue LED strips off on each side of the tuning knob?

[@yqtszhj]

In the manual page 36 it gives a way but I haven’t tried it. It says: 1. Press the [FUNC] knob. 2. Select [DISPLAY SETTING] → [VFO IND COL- OR]. 3. Select the item whose color you want to change. 4. Rotate the [FUNC] knob, or touch “” on either side of the value to select the Color. Select the color of the “3” mark in the table be- low for each item. There is a table in the manual that says that “none” can be selected. If you try it how about let us know if it works. Good luck.

[@reallyoldrookie433]

@@yqtszhj Out of curiosity, I tried it and it works. But I set mine to red.