It looks like Yaesu is getting ready to relase two more Amateur Radios. One dual band handheld, the Yeasu FT-1D and also an HF/50 mhz 100 W Transceiver the FT DX 3000. Price and Release Date for both has not been announced.
FT-1D
First up is the FT-1D is a C4FM FDMA 144/430 MHz Dual Band Digital Transceiver.
- Water Spray Resistant, IPX5 Rating
- AF DUAL Monitor
- Large Dot Matrix LCD
- Wideband Receive Capability
- Built-in GPS Antenna
- Vibrate Alert Function
- Internal AM Bar Antenna
- Data Transfer Speed of 9.6 kbps
- Uses C4FM FDMA Technology for a lower Bit Error Rate
- Switch between analog and digital communications by pressing one button
- Optional Microphone with camera (no display to view image so not sure how relevant this will be)
- Micro SD Card Slot for backing up data
- USB Connector (Used for optional Microphone with camera)
- E-GPS Function added to display the direction and distance of the opposite station with One Touch.
- Digital ARTS – Can alert users when other member stations are within communication range
Links to Brochure on radioworld.ca – Front – Back
FT DX 3000
- Rugged 100 Watt Output Power
- The Amazing Crystal Roofing Filter performance has been proven in the FT DX 5000
- Outstanding Receiver performance is the heritage of the FT DX 5000
- IF DSP provides effective and optimized QRM rejection
- Large and Wide Colour LCD Display
- High Speed Spectrum Scope built-in
- AF SCOPE display and RTTY/PSK encoder/decoder (optional)
- Independent Frequency Display
- Built-In Specialised Receiver amplifier for 50 MHZ
- Three antenna connectors are provided, with the possibility of assigning the “ANT-3” connector to “RX-Only”
- Signal output for an external receiver
- 9 MHz IF output
- High Speed Automatic antenna tuner built-in
- Optional µ-tune unit available
- USB Interface
Links to Brochure on radioworld.ca – Brochure
