Yaesu has released information about a new series of radios targeting both field operation and base station use cases. The FTX-1 series of transceivers is made up of the FTX-1 Field and the FTX-1 Optima. Both radios are HF/50/144/430MHz all mode transceivers. While the Field model can operate up to 10 Watts, the Optima can operate up to 100 Watts.
Gigaparts has suggested availability as early as mid May.
More details are available from this Yaesu FTX-1 brochure (PDF).
Source: Yaesu
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