Expected in the United States mid April and weighing in at around $540 comes this new radio from Yaesu. To me at first look it appears (display) to be very much like the FT-3DE handheld with some added watts and features. Below we’ve got a brief description of the radio and some initial odds and ends about it.

• 50W Stable High-Power with Heavy Duty Heat Sink including FACC – Dual Band Opearation (V+V, U+U, V+U, U+V) and Simultaneous C4FM monitoring
• 2-inch High-Resolution QVGA Full-Color TFT Display and Demountable Front Panel Controller
• Memory Channel Band Auto Grouping Function (AIR, VHF, UHF, GEN)
• High-Speed & High-Resolution Band Scope Function up to 63 channels centered around the current VFO frequency
• Heavy Duty-Heat Sink with FACC*
• 3W Audio Power Speaker with two individual terminals for the external speakers – Built-in Bluetooth unit which enables hands-free operation with the SSM-BT10 or a commercially available bluetooth headset**
• WiRES-X Portable Digital Node/ Fixed Node with HRI-200
• AMS (Automatic Mode Select) which automatically selects the communication mode by detecting the communication mode of the receiving signal
• Multi-Color Status Indicator showing the operation mode (C4FM/ FM – TX/ RX)
• Digital Group ID (DG-ID) function (Just by setting matching two digit DG-ID “00” – “99”, designated link and communication with multiple transceivers can be configured.)
• Digital Group Monitor which automatically checks if the members having the matching DG-ID are within the communication range and display their call-sign if they are in the range
• Built-in 66ch High precision GPS receiver and External GPS device connectivity
• Real-time Navigation displays the position data, distance and direction of other stations in real-time
• Backtrack Feature (navigation function to a pre-registered point)
• Snapshot Feature with the optional microphone MH-85A11U
• Voice Recording Function for received and transmitting voice and audio data
• Micro SD Card Slot (up to 32GB)
• Large-capacty 1104 channel memory
• DTMF Encode/ Memory
• Time-out Timer (TOT)

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