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From May 2008 QST © ARRL

about the FTM-10R’s mic jack was

available. Removing the element from

an optional hand mic allowed a make-

shift connection using the radio’s VOX

feature. Yaesu has since introduced the

CT-M11 accessory cable and an infor-

mation sheet for connecting the trans-

ceiver to external headsets. Before next

season, Adam and Allan plan to rewire

their bikes using the CT-M11 cable and

to hook up PTT through the Autocom

system.

How does it work? “Fine,” says

Adam, KA7ARK. “The ability to listen

to FM or my MP3 player and have the

ham band audio cut in when receiving

a signal is nice. There’s plenty of audio.

The split system with the lightweight

head on the bars is nice.”

“The radio works well on 2 m and

440, and the FM band stereo receiver

is good,” adds Allan, VE7SZ. “I have

not used PTT, but I found the VOX to

be excellent using the headset. It took

a bit of adjusting, but I get great VOX

response and few false trips at spirited

motorcycle speeds. When I change

to the CT-M11 cable I’ll look forward

to adding PTT to have the ability to

select either way. The control head has

been weatherproof as advertised, and

the controls can be

adjusted with gloves.

That was the reason I

purchased the radio,

and I am happy with it.”

For more photos,

see Adam’s Web site

at koczarski.com/

Motorcycles. Other

motorcycle mobile re-

sources include Chap-

ter 4 in ARRL’s book

Amateur Radio on the

Move (order no. 9540;

see your local dealer

or www.arrl.org/shop)

and the Motorcycling

Amateur Radio Club

(www.marc-hq.org).

— Mark Wilson, K1RO,

Product Review Editor

Figure 2 — The FTM-10R

control head mounts on the

left handlebar of Adam’s

bike, sharing the cockpit

with a GPS receiver and

other accessories to make

long-distance travel more

enjoyable.

Hams have been installing mobile

radios on motorcycles for years, but the

FTM-10R is the first one we’ve seen

that’s specifically designed to be bike-

friendly. To find out more, we checked

out the installations of Adam Koczarski,

KA7ARK, of Bellevue, Washington, and

Allan Buckshon, VE7SZ, of Langley, Brit-

ish Columbia.

Adam and Allan both ride Honda

ST1300 sport-touring bikes. The ST1300

has luggage carrying capability and is

comfortable for long-distance touring,

yet is suitable for spirited riding on twisty

back roads. Allan picked up a pair of

FTM-10Rs at Dayton last year, and he

and Adam installed them for the summer

2007 riding season.

Adam installed his transceiver body

under the seat (Figure 1). Along with

other electronic accessories, it’s pow-

ered from an auxiliary fuse panel and

noise filter. The control head is on a

swivel mount on the handlebar (Figure

2). The antenna, a Comet CA-2x4SR

dual-bander, mounts on a bracket at-

tached to a luggage rack at the back of

the bike.

Inside his full-face helmet, Adam uses

an Autocom headset. The Autocom com-

munications system is a popular acces-

sory for riders equipping their bikes with

cell phones, MP3

players, GPS receiv-

ers, FRS transceiv-

ers or other audio/

communications

equipment.

The only real dif-

ficulty encountered

during installation

was connecting the

FTM-10R to the Au-

tocom control box.

At the time of instal-

lation, no connector,

cable or information

Motorcycle Mobile with the FTM-10R

the radio while pressing the VOL/SEL button

in order to get into the mode required for pair-

ing.) I downloaded an updated manual from

Yaesu’s Web site, and with the new instruc-

tions everything worked as expected.

In addition to the BH-1, I tested two

commercially available cell phone Blue tooth

devices with great success. Bluetooth devices

come with codes that need to be programmed

into the radio in order for the pairing to work.

My cell phone devices had codes different

from each other and from the BH-1. So, you

need to consult the instructions that come

with devices for their respective codes and

how to get them into pairing mode. The FTM-

10R defaults to the code for the BH-1.

The FTM-10R can be programmed to al-

low Bluetooth devices to work with VOX or

with a PTT switch on the Bluetooth device.

If you do not use VOX, you must push the

PTT button on the BH-1 headset to transmit.

I found this uncomfortable because pressing

the PTT switch also presses the earphone

into your ear. That can be improved with a

menu setting that changes the PTT mode so

that you don’t have to hold the PTT button

(press it once to transmit, and again to return

to receive). The manual describes this func-

tion in the context of the PA feature, but it

also applies to transmitting with Bluetooth

or control panel mic.

I do not usually use VOX. It does work,

but for me it took some getting used to. There

Figure 1 — The FTM-10R main

unit is small enough to ﬁt

under the ST1300’s seat.



ADAM KOCZARSKI, KA7ARK

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