Review on 📻 Ultimate Handheld VHF Transceiver/GPS Combo: Yaesu FTA750L - Your Perfect On-the-Go Communication and Navigation Companion by Daniel Pierce

I'll say right away that I haven't flown with this radio before. I'm a PVP pilot. I learned to use it for ground operations as well. This is a very powerful radio with a solid build and many features. My main criticism is that many functions are not available quickly. Let's face it, you most likely bought this setup for backup in-flight communications. Okay, press the link button and choose the frequency and you're talking. As for messing around with the VOR setting, I doubt you'll mess around with it and keep the plane flying. So in my opinion the VOR/ILS part is not going to be very useful unless you are an IFR pilot with a radio failure and may need a navigational aid to save your life. A useful feature is the GPS mode. If you're actually over the location you want to save, you can do that and edit it later. It also has a GPS logger to keep track. It is quite complicated to set up, after creating an account on Yaesu website, you can download the YCE01 software. My installation went without incident and connected to the radio via USB. The software makes it easy to edit storage and customize features, but you still have to enter all the data manually. So take out your A/FD and start entering frequency, longitude, latitude, etc. It took me several hours to program about 50 memory channels. This allows you to save the file to your computer for later use. This can be a great feature for people flying in different areas. You can save various settings on your PC and download them to the radio. In terms of construction, this is Yaesu's highest quality. Tackle is strong, if a bit heavy. All connectors are gold plated and protected by rubber covers. I strongly recommend you to buy the "L" model with a lithium battery. It also has a WX range and you can use VOR while talking over the link. It's a little tricky to set up and might be counterintuitive if you're dealing with an electrical issue on an airplane. Forget the scanning setup unless you're on the ground. In order to get different reminders to scan, you have to mark them in a sub-menu, which is pretty awful. So my conclusion for now is that this radio would be great for ground use, ATIS, FUEL, CLNC etc can also be used as an emergency radio if you have a radio failure in flight. As for fiddling with all the bell and whistle functions while flying, you probably won't be doing much of it. Once I have some flight time I will post an update to this review.