There is a fairly good video on YouTube right now showing it at the Tokyo ham fair. They were able to video the front and back of the radio, looks like the video captures the AMU and cooling fan unit. ?Looks to be about the same size as an IC 705.?
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On Aug 25, 2024, at 08:48, Lawrence (VA3IQ) via groups.io <ldobranski@...> wrote:
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AE5X has posted some of the new FTX-1F that are very promising as to the radio's features (YMMV -- just my observations):
- A tuner/linear jack that is used to drive the optional automatic antenna tuner. ?If this is the same as mini din on the 817ND/818 this would provide a voltage encoded band data and a transmit inhibit connections;
- Separate antenna connections for HF/50 MHz and 144/440 MHz antennas;
A GPS connection. ?Now is that for an optional antenna in or a serial GPS NEMA stream out or in? ?No sign of a 10 MHz GPDSO reference;?
- It apparently has full dual receivers with two speakers. This will allow it to be used as a satellite receiver for V/U, U/V;
- Looks like the same form factor as the FTM-500; and,
- Has a mount on the base of the unit (missing from the FTM-500).
73 de VA3IQ
Lawrence
Kevin - K5KTM