We’re an hour ahead of Tokyo and a day ahead of North American, so have
already seen some photos taken by attendees at the THF.
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It is a SDR, similar form factor to the the IC705 i.e it resembles a remote
head that belongs to another radio.
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It has a dual receiver and a large battery on the back, the battery can be
removed and a tuner clipped in it’s place, and if you need it, a fan module can
clip in where the battery was then the tuner can sit on top of the fan
unit.
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There is a strong “brand” look to it – aspects of the FTM500, FT991A and
FTDX10 make the unit look familiar to Yaesu users.
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I look forward to seeing it in the flesh and hearing what the new owners
have to report next year.
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73 Steve VK2ARS
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From: Richard Fenech
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2024 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [ft817] FT-817 Replacement
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Good to know if it's the same technology as it's predecessors (891,
991). Maybe just an external package upgrade and a colour display!?!?
On Fri, 23 Aug 2024, 22:49 Kevin - K5KTM via ,
<Ktmullens@...> wrote:
I’m going to go out on a limb and say it looks like it is built in the
FTM-500DR chassis and will be dimensionally identical.?
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?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.
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I won’t complain without seeing one, and as a sometimes traveling
satellite guy, I’d pay too much for that feature.?
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But I’m? guessing maybe near a couple kilos with a fan and tuner
and battery, and that’s quite a bit.
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But happy to see something’s coming!
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72 Ka9p
On Aug 23, 2024, at 1:39?PM, Ken N2VIP <ken@...>
wrote:
?It's a 5 minute video of a man reading a web page describing
a product he's never seen...
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Thanks, but... it's like an unboxing video, except the podcaster
doesn't have the radio in front of them to actually 'unbox'
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I can predict the complaints already:
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- 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?)
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- active cooling availability hints strongly at overheating
issues
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- price - I think we're looking at a $1,500-$1,700 list price radio
here... (comparable to IC-705 at $1,350)
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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.
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We'll see how it plays out as we approach its "early 2025" release
date.
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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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