The big three amateur radio transceiver manufacturers each featured new transceivers at Ham Fair in Japan this past week. Yaesu revealed the FTX-1F, a portable radio designed to compete with the Icom IC-705. Icom announced the IC-7760, a “Shack Style” transceiver with separate base and dual display panel. Kenwood revealed a yet to be named mobile rig capable of both APRS and DSTAR.
Yaesu FTX-1F
Portable
SDR transceiver
Covers HF – 430MHz
FT-818ND successor
Supports C4FM
6W battery, 10W external power
More info from hamlife.jp
Icom IC-7760
200 W HF/50 MHz amateur transceiver
“innovative Shack Style” consisting a full control head with separate RF deck
In-house remote operation through a wired LAN
Two displays, 7-inch wide and 2.4-inch
Touch screen operation
More info from Icom
Kenwood Mobile Radio
Dual receive
Separate display, base units
GPS receiver
APRS support
DSTAR support
USB-C port
SD card port
More info from hamlife.jp
Kenwood and Yaesu had yet to post information on their websites at the time this post was published.
Source: Amateur Radio Daily
