Anything sounds better than DStar. one club I belong to is in to 
IDAS/Nexedge which is Icom's commercial digital mode and that sounds 
alright, for digital but DStar and older P25 sounds like crap and I can't 
listen to it. New P25 isn't too bad but I don't use it except once in a 
while on 900 MHz.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: New Rig


> Ron,
>
> C4FM digital voice in the wide mode sounds much better than DStar!  I
> also have a TNV71A and the FTM400DR's only advantage is that it will
> transmit and receive C4FM digital voice.
>
> Bob, K8LR, [log in to unmask]
>
> On 12/4/2014 8:54 AM, Dr. Ronald E. Milliman]\\` wrote:
>> Bob, first, congratulations on your new Yaesu FTM400DR C4FM mobile dual 
>> band
>> rig. I am extremely curious; why did you purchase the Yaesu FTM400DR C4FM
>> transceiver as opposed to the Kenwood TM V71A?
>>
>> Ron, K8HSY
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators 
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Bob Tinney
>> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2014 1:27 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: New Rig
>>
>> I just bought a new Yaesu FTM400DR C4FM mobile dual band rig.  Yaesu 
>> offers
>> a voice synth and recorder board and I have installed it. There are only 
>> 5
>> buttons on the rig and yu can push the two tuning knobs.  I downloaded 
>> the
>> manuals from Yaesu, but they are locked and I haven't heard from Yaesu 
>> yet.
>>
>> I will figure it out, and enjoy the challenge, but this is not an easy 
>> rig
>> to use, but C4FM interested me!
>>