Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

ICOM has announced the mark 2 version of the IC7300, which has sold well across the world. 100,000 units have been sold.  The FT-710 scores ...

My very first HF commercial transceiver was the 10W Yaesu FT-7 bought second hand in the late 1970s.  It was a great rig and allowed me to w...

Wimo has a video on YouTube about the FTX-1 Field. They did this before the radio arrived in Europe. It is quite a decent overview of the pr...

Unsurprisingly, MLS is singing the praises of the new Yaesu FTX-1. They clearly want to sell it, especially to the customers that put down a...

With great fanfare the UK dealer MLS has announced that soon people who pre-ordered the rig will get deliveries after the first UK unit arri...

Yet again, I see MLS is offering cashback on certain Yaesu rigs. With the discounts, these look good value for money. UPDATE 1248z:   with t...

This new Yaesu radio has really disappointed me.  It is far too expensive and lacks features the IC-705 has had for years. Before it was r...

This podcast seems to back up my assertion that the FTX-1 was launched in a hurry.  Many are very happy with it, but I still think it is far...

In the USA the FTX -1 is now on sale.  People have reported some bugs with the Yasesu radio and I am not sure if these have been corrected w...

 Yaesu has released some firmware updates to the FTX-1F. In my view it is FAR too expensive and under-featured.

My own view is this radio is far too expensive and lacks many essential features (you pay extra for GPS and it lacks wifi!! I don't thi...

As I think I have mentioned before,  Yaesu has announced 2 new radios: the FTX 1 Field and FT1 Optima: the 6/10W and 100W versions. In my vi...

You can see what ICOM need to do as an upgrade to the IC-705. Let's call this the IC-705A.  They could include an ATU internally and off...

Since the FT817 was introduced about a quarter of a century ago a lot has changed. At that time Yaesu had a totally unique product that sold...

Basically, as far as I can tell there is none, at least available to Jo Public.  No doubt dealers have been told the selling price and any f...

Last night I looked on the Japanese website of Yaesu, hoping to find some clues about the FTX-1F such as price, recent specs, availability e...

This is probably the best value "old" technology transceiver made by Yaesu. It has a detachable head that adds flexibility when fi...

The last I heard was a rumour that the worldwide release of the Yaesu FTX-1F was waiting on the FCC approval.   Despite this, I am puzzled b...

The Yaesu FT101 has appeared in several versions since it first appeared way back. This is part 1 of a restoration project on a very old ver...

This was recently on the FTX-1F IO group... "Talked to the folks at the Yaesu Booth, at the Orlando Hamfest, today. They said the FTX-1...