NEW Yaesu Portable Ham Radio - FTX-1F

[@DavidCase-ov5uo]

FT917 would have been a more memorable name

[@AtomicArcherGuy]

Lots of naysayers here, but this is my dream rig. Most of what I do involves HTs, and this is basically an oversized HT I can use with HF and WiresX (C4FM is my jam), and it can be mounted in my car and uncoupled to use with a base-station antenna at my house, or for SOTA/POTA and at field days. Not to mention, it’s probably going to be the 3rd or 4th best rated receiver right next to the FTDX10 and the FT-710 or whatever. What an exciting transceiver! 🤩

[@johnratcliffe6438]

I am still waiting for Yaesu to release an IC9700 competitor.

[@mikeg1zrn896]

6W ? or only 10W? G90, 20W with an exceptional built in ATU.

[@mikeg1zrn896]

Also 4M for the UK? Icom dropped the ball when they didn't include 4M on the 705, so hopefully Yaesu will include 70MHz.

[@FreddyNietzsche.]

If Xiegu bring out a G90 replacement , Ie: 20W SDR, large screen it will walk all over everything . The X6200, just a monit X6100 upgrade really, is fine but not a 20w beast like the G90.

[@m1icl827]

My reading of what they released is that as standard it does not come with the battery - you can use it with a DC supply. It states the optional ATU can be attached with the battery and optional fan. That would make sense as a lot of portable people use their own form of DC supply. I could be wrong - and usually am.....

[@M0JSX]

I’d be very surprised if the battery isn’t included.

[@TonyYarusso]

I read that as clarifying that since the ATU and fan attach to the back, be assured that does not mean they interfere with use of a battery.

[@ch716]

Very exciting, but so many unanswered questions until we get the full specs. WiFi? Bluetooth? I agree that we need clarification on the dual receive, the standout feature when comparing to the 705.

[@M0JSX]

We will get them all in good time. My pure speculation is that it will have Bluetooth, but probably not WiFi.

[@McRocking]

Will come fitted with FREE firmware bugs as standard 👍

[@mikestone9129]

Another QRP radio? No thanks, the market is being flooded with these things. And most are over priced in my opinion.

[@judd_s5643]

Because more and more amateurs are doing SOTS/POTA etc. gets them out of the house, up on a mountain.

[@StreakyP]

6-6-48 duty cycle on FM means for each hour operating the expect you to be talking for 6 minutes, listening with an active receive for 6 minutes & the rig to be all quiet "squelched down" in standby receiving nothing for 48 mins (or proportionately..... ie don't expect 8 hours of TX time). If you simplistically expected zero power during standby & you were going to use this "all at once" in a contest then you could potentially expect 48 mins of TX (6 mins per hour x 8 hours) plus the same of active RX so my guess is you might get an hour and a half of heavy operation in a contest/SOTA/etc etc

[@M0JSX]

Thanks for that. I’ve learned something ☺️

[@davidvaughn7752]

I wonder what the standby power draw is. I also backpack/SOTA and weight is an issue as well. Can't find specs on either of these important numbers. If you can shutdown the fancy band scope to save on power and if it isn't too heavy, then I might replace my 817ND.

[@M0JSX]

I suspect we’ll get those details closer to the launch of the radio. I suspect switching the band scope off won’t make a difference to current drain. That’s pure speculation on my part though!

[@martinryan5069]

Thank you for video 👍

[@kostantinosalexandratos5929]

I really like the design and futures of this radio,yaesu did a great job,i think this radio is great for sota mobile application or just travelers.73!!😊

[@M7BCN]

Sat here watching this and listening to you in QSO on 40m

[@M0JSX]

I’m everywhere, like a rash! 😂😂

[@craigskinner8489]

I am looking to buy my first POTA radio. The 705 and FTX-1F are both being considered. Other hams have told me that 10 watts is a bit low and they prefer to work between 20-50 watts for SSB. Do you have any thought on the power needed for a successful POTA? Love your videos.

[@M0JSX]

Hi Craig. To be honest, it is best to start think about the antenna and work back from there. If you intend to use a full size resonant antenna (dipole, EFHW etc) then 10W should be enough to make plenty of QSOs (see my POTA video with the radio-stuff EFHW). If you wish to use a loaded whip antenna (Slidewinder, Mad Dog Coil, Wolf River Coil etc) then you might find that 10W is a bit of a struggle and something with 50-100W is required. My preference would be for a full size resonant antenna and 10W. This makes battery power a little easier too!

[@craigskinner8489]

@@M0JSX Thanks Jonathan. Just watched your POTA video. My plan is to build my own EFHW. As far as the radio goes, the short list is the 705, 891 or the new FTX-1F. The main question I have been struggling with is the usefulness of 10w. You helped answer that. Craig VA3YBW

[@M0JSX]

@@craigskinner8489 glad to help. Happy POTAing!

[@nandrews8412]

Let me know when the 100w model comes out.

[@johnmknox]

It seems more like a 705 competitor than a 817/818 replacement. It will be very interesting to see what the pricing is when it comes out. It looks like it will have some plus points over the 705 e.g. 4m capability? And maybe a couple of down points too - no GPS?

[@M0JSX]

Who says it can’t be both? I am looking forward to having a play with one eventually.

[@M6JKW]

Thank you Johnathan 🙂👍

[@m0aze611]

ICOM lead - some don’t follow and some do it very late in the day. Yaesu could have made this an absolute killer option but decided not to. Look forward to seeing it. Thanks for the vid. Regards Mike

[@DonzLockz]

Nice! Yaesu are pumping out new radios compared to everyone else.

[@flyingrv6]

Seems like your outta luck if you want anything more then QRP. I was hoping for an update to the 891 but this ain’t it. Does the ATAS-120 even work with this. I’ll end up buying it but I’d rather have 100w out the box.

[@M0JSX]

I doubt it will support ATAS-120A. This is more of an FT-817/818 replacement.

[@mickeyred]

May result in some nice pre-used kit coming to market.

[@romanomorelli2831]

Looks good for a portable QRP radio but if it has high power drain on receive then it has failed me regardless of higher capacity battery

[@Andrew-yx7sf]

We need a 100 watt mobile version of this.

[@M7BVV-Phil]

Hay Jonathan! v, nice bit of kit.

[@johnwilliams-hz6vb]

Be a great replacement for my ft818nd for pota

[@jonpg1jsf118]

Very nice - shame it is not an FT857 replacement as you mentioned. ( but with the portable bits as options to keep the FT817/817 users happy ). Missed opportunity ?

[@M0JSX]

Thanks JonP!

[@someguy782]

The cash comes rolling in no matter what they do.

[@PaulTaylor1]

I'm sure it will come. Both were discontinued, both will be replaced, hopefully.

[@PaulTaylor1]

​@@someguy782wow. Are there two Ts in bitter? Loads of the discontinued radios are still available if don't like the new ones.

[@paulsengupta971]

@@PaulTaylor1 Milk, no sugar in my T please...

[@MENSA.lady2]

Lots of whistles and bells that most of us will never use. So it will be over priced. What I really need is a modern version of a KW2000B.

[@Davidm-M0TPT]

Nice one Johnathan :)

[@M0JSX]

Thanks PM!

[@Jim_2E0HKM]

I think yaesu & icom are behind the curve on the portable markets needs. Both will look beautiful, but we buy a transceivers to talk to other people with transceivers. 5 or 10w simply doesn't cut it for the price point now. Fancy as they are id say i have 10:1 contacts with portable stations running a G90 compared to a ic-705 or a FT-817/8 good contacts too with good audio, not thin like the 817 or too wide like the 705. If you want to do true QRP these days you can get some brilliant credit card sized micro SDRs. My view is if you want to look good out portable get one of these or the IC-705 If you want to makes some contacts instead, get yourself a G90

[@oldfartonabmx2122]

Looks nice, but for me, I'd rather a few more watts. 25 or 50. Xeigu G90 has 20 watts, something like that would be great Yaesu.

[@Porco_Utah]

I think this model is more for Japanese domestic market , in USA not much need to low power 50MHz and up for SSB, CW . AG6JU

[@G7KMT]

Still no 4m :-/ so not all bands or atu 😢

[@M0JSX]

The lack of ATU doesn’t necessarily bother me. A QRP radio (such as this) should really be used with a resonant antenna to minimise losses.

[@PaulTaylor1]

They haven't said it *won't* do 4m. The launch spec of the 710 didn't mention 4m either. Live in hope!

[@m1icl827]

According to W&S latest video 4m is confirmed.

[@m7trsradio]

Oh man I've just bought a new radio. I've been holding out for the ft817 replacement something like ft820 20w 🤦🏽‍♂️😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@adamap2796]

Possibly more of a 10W FT897 replacement ie bolt on ATU and large battery.

[@Jor-d2i]

If u dont need v/uhf the x6100 at half the price and with atu is a good option..l like mine v much

[@Porco_Utah]

since this radio has Digital Voice modulation, that price may be included. which I don't use at all. if I were to buy HF Radio, I will buy RGO ONE from LZ2JR AG6JU

[@Pedro8k]

Any built in Aprs GPS or bluetooth looks like a ft500

[@M0JSX]

Only time will tell

[@bumblebee-mygt867]

Why no ATAS

[@BowWowPewPewCQ]

I wonder about memory banks.

[@Steve-qn6bt]

Yaesu. Driving the average amateur radio enthusiast into the waiting arms of cheap Chinese radio manufacturers, one radio at a time.

[@M0JSX]

There is always room in the market for other players.

[@Steve-qn6bt]

Unfortunately, for some of us who want to be involved in HF, it's either questionable Chinese radios or nothing. I was lucky to have enough old inherited equipment to sell to fund my FT891. As much as the amateur radio community needs new blood, once a young person gets a license and they dream of going farther than a Baofeng, they are sticker-shocked right back to reality. I'm a Yaesu fan. But they've abandoned the average ham and become elitist.

[@MINI-4X4-RADIO]

If the RX is based on similar design to FT-710, it will leave IC-705 standing. Hope it as 70MHz/4M,

[@m1icl827]

Because of IF frequencies it is very rare to have a radio that does HF, 2m and 70cm to have 4m - or to get it to work effectively - the IF frequencies for 2m and 70cm in the radio are usually around 70Mhz so like the old FT-847 they have to pack that much filtering in they tend to be deaf for starters.

[@m1icl827]

According to W&S latest video 4m is confirmed - proved me wrong 😀

[@Drpepper99uk]

To the post!!! 😉 I was seriosuly hoping for a replacement for the TS2000 and the TS990 from Kenwood.....nope! What we saw was a weird looking plasticky commercial looking mobile radio with a front facing speaker and nothing else. Bit of a poor show from them considering the amount of time they've had to launch replacement radios which were long in production and in need of refreshing.

[@1kc1981]

How much

[@M0JSX]

Confirmed pricing will come later

[@frankwc0o]

Oh boy. 6 watts! Man, can't they see that 40 might be the best. What happened to 1.25! Optional tuner? Why not, just have it - ready to go.

[@M0JSX]

No radio is ever perfect Frank 😂

[@frankwc0o]

@@M0JSX I agree, but when you see the innovations that the Xiegu radios do, like the G90 at 20 watts, that makes a difference. So sad, they are not listening to customers who are in the field.

[@maxwellbruce4747]

991 X would have been better SDR better display .

[@theretrogeek2281]

No built in tuner…

[@joewoodchuck3824]

My comment goes for most of today's radios. Too many menus and not enough knobs.

[@M0JSX]

Can I suggest that the TS-990 might be for you?

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@M0JSX Ok, but I've bought cars for less than that. It's way out of reach. Not in the market right now. I was just making a general comment about degraded usability with newer radios.

[@jeffkardosjr.3825]

I like the FT-991A, but what is noticeable is the squelch is down in a menu.

[@G_C340]

at risk of being banned -- no forget it :)

[@joewoodchuck3824]

@@G_C340 What's at risk of being banned?

[@someguy782]

Here's the overpriced replacement for what we discontinued 3 years ago. You're welcome.

[@jessgypin-ko5ds]

😭

[@bernardpapet632]

Do you know the price ?

[@radioamigoscanariasespana8021]

Yaesu como siempre llega muy tarde al portable .es un sector perdido .yo soy de yaesu .pero tiene abandonado otras plataformas como ft dx 10 .10 ya se acabaron actualizaciones. El 710 trae medidor de picos dx 10 .por que no ase nuebo firmware.

[@radioamigoscanariasespana8021]

Con mi 891 portable muy contento para que más

[@Pedro8k]

I would say the price will be about the same as the icom 705 no mention of Bluetooth or GPS missing these out would be stupid I cannot see it being aprs either but 4m looks to be confirmed

[@Ed5on]

Mais um FT 818 fracassado, esses radios decepcionam por seu aspecto horrível

[@M0JSX]

You might want to consider a used FT-818nd? A good condition second hand unit with either the CW or SSB filter fitted would be a good option.

[@digitaldreamer5481]

Another waste of money and another worthless QRP rig instead of a 100 watt rig designed for POTA activations. STOP WASTING OUR TIME! 🤬🤬🤬

[@M0JSX]

I think that means that you aren’t the target audience for this radio. May I suggest the FT-710 for you?

[@digitaldreamer5481]

@@M0JSX FT-710? I think your kitchen weights less than this rig, probably more ideal for POTA’s than anything Yaesu has manufactured in the last two decades. Hams should voice their dissatisfaction by calling Yaesu USA @ [phone] and tell them to stop playing games with our hobby! 😢

[@Pedro8k]

Pota by It name means low power operation

[@M0JSX]

@ plenty of people do operate POTA with more than QRP power, but it does mean bigger batteries etc

[@digitaldreamer5481]

@@M0JSX Yes, I could truly see myself renting a horse to get to the top of Mauna Kea with the FT-710 or my FT-991A or my IC-7200. 🤪 Makes a lot of freakin sense instead of these lazy@SS manufacturers just build an all modes 100w SOTA/POTA compact transceiver with waterfall and built in tuner. The last thing we need is to continue to flood the market with more QRP rigs and rigs as big as kitchen sinks. 🤪

[@thedayofevil]

How much

[@M0JSX]

As I said in the video, price information has not yet been released. However, expect it to be similar to the Icom IC-705