Just now, I took another look at the Yaesu, Japan website. The FT818 has gone and is no longer shown. Many have been waiting for years and years for a decent successor to the FT817. It never came.
There can be several reasons:
- Yaesu is of the view there is too little profit as the competition is now high.
- They are working on a successor.
- They are thinking (...zzz), but have not decided what to do.
In my view, there is a market gagging for a decent product. Yaesu has the skills to make a good product. They have shown this with the FT710.
We are on the downward slope (probably) of the solar cycle. This really is their last chance.
Yaesu - wake up!!
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