Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Lots of people are talking about the new Yaesu FTX-1F transceiver due "in early 2025". Very little is known about it yet (as far a...

Some months ago Yaesu announced the FTX-1F which was hailed as the successor to the FT817/818 range and a competitor to the ICOM IC-705. Sin...

When this was announced at the Tokyo Ham Fair some months ago, there was a lot of hype, but little news.  It was expected "early 2025&q...

This radio is creating quite a buzz.  It is Yaesu's answer to the IC-705 and it also is the long awaited answer to the FT817/818 series....

Yaesu and the dealers have a difficult job with price.  They want to compete with the ICOM IC-705, have it as an FT817/818 replacement, but ...

According to something I was sent by Steve G1KQH and the MLS pages, it looks like this new radio will ship with 4m.This must be a good USP...