It might be fun to have a pool on dimensions and weight, especially given that as near as I can tell the depth of the radio can’t be inferred from the size of the display in the pic, as height and width can.
I won’t complain without seeing one, and as a sometimes traveling satellite guy, I’d pay too much for that feature. ?
But I’m ?guessing maybe near a couple kilos with a fan and tuner and battery, and that’s quite a bit.
But happy to see something’s coming!
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On Aug 23, 2024, at 1:39?PM, Ken N2VIP <ken@...> wrote:
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It's a 5 minute video of a man reading a web page describing a product he's never seen...
Thanks, but... it's like an unboxing video, except the podcaster doesn't have the radio in front of them to actually 'unbox'
I can predict the complaints already:
- power consumption (9 hours in 6 min transmit, 6 min receive, 48 min standby hours, so the battery is good for 1 hour (continuous) transmit, one hour receive, and seven hours squelched/muted standby?)
- active cooling availability hints strongly at overheating issues
- price - I think we're looking at a $1,500-$1,700 list price radio here... (comparable to IC-705 at $1,350)
This so-called "FT-817/818 replacement" really looks more like a low-power FT-991a with a battery pack & second receiver - all good, but not really a $700 FT-818 replacement.
We'll see how it plays out as we approach its "early 2025" release date.
Ken, N2VIP
On Aug 23, 2024, at 11:11, Bob AF9W <af9w@...> wrote:
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Check out the video of the FTX-1F.
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