Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Since before the peak of the last solar cycle (24), I have been speculating about Yaesu launching a replacement to the flagship FT-817/818 ...

For over 40 years, I have been a great fan of Yaesu. In the past they were at the forefront of innovation in amateur radio.  Like many, I ha...

This was introduced in 2018 by Yaesu as a replacement for the FT817. It was a huge disappointment, being more for Yaesu's benefit (to ov...

Yaesu has announced the ending of production of the FT818 transceiver claiming parts shortage as their reason.  When the FT818 was launched,...

This was introduced some years ago, mainly to address component obsolescence with the FT817.  I have owned 2 FT817s over many years and thes...

The FT817/818 has appeared in a few guises, but Yaesu has totally "missed the boat" with regard to a really competitive replacemen...

Like many, I found the FT818 a real disappointment. It looks like Yaesu "copped out" and simply upgraded the FT817ND to overcome...

Recently Yaesu introduced the successor to the hugely successful FT817. Like many, I was seriously under whelmed: this was a huge disappoin...

Since I last wrote, I have heard little new about the FT818. What I have read does not impress me. If you have any more details please let ...

It is hard to express my extreme disappointment with the FT818. Auto ATU? No. Speech processor? No. Lithium Ion batteries? No. And on and on...

Sorry, but I have no further news of this transceiver. All I can say, again, is that the very future of Yaesu rides on this, in my view. ...

The first indications of price are out. MLS says deliveries are expected April and their price £599.95 .  From the specs provided by MLS it ...

Some weeks ago we heard that the FT817 was to be replaced by the FT818 and that the new model had been tested by the FCC in the USA. Since t...

It appears the FT817nd replacement (the FT818) has been granted FCC approval. Details are sketchy and all my information so far is second-ha...

It seems there may be a real FT818 coming to replace the FT817. I have no facts, so this could all be wrong. From what this hints at, I a...

Unless anyone has better data, there is still no news from Yaesu on the development of a replacement to the FT817. The most recent informati...

As the person who started the FT818 hare running a year or so back (my thoughts and ideas for an FT817 replacement - thanks to a little Phot...

I am hearing repeated stories of the FT817ND being in short supply from various dealers in the UK. One rumour is this is due to component su...

CQ Ham Radio Book As I've said before here,  I just can't understand why an FT817 successor has still not yet appeared. The KX3 ...

Some months back I posted a Photoshop created picture of a possible successor to the FT817, which I termed the FT818 . This was NOT a real p...