Announced recently and show cased at the Dayton show was the new dual band hand held from Yaesu which includes the C4M digital mode plus 144/430 dual band capability. Price has also been announced and will be at around $640 but this is subject to change of course nearer the time the radio hits the stores.
And below a recently uploaded video about the radio:
According to sources the version for Europe will be the FT-2DE and can be available in the next two weeks with the cost quoted of 475 euros.
- IPX5 protection class
- full dualband support (V+V, U+U, V+U)
- C4FM FDMA modulation
- Automatic Mode Selection
- Snapshot Funktion (with optional MH-85A11U)
- Bandscope
- Wideband receiver
- built-in GPS receiver
- 1200/9600bps APRS
- Smart Navigation
- 1245 Memories
- Scanning functions
- DTMF, CTCSS, DCS
- Slot fo optionalr Micro-SD card