YAESU: early 2012 release a Digital C4FM (4-level FSK) Handheld – The New Brand logos

YAESU Amateur Radio Division of Vertex Standard, has relesed 27 December, 2011 an extensive Publication in PDF:  ”A Digital Communications Guide for Amateur Radio Operators” (on its website) – The publication confirm that Yaesu positions itself for digital radio battle against Icom D-STAR business !!

Big news still: YAESU writes “early 2012, we will release a C4FM (4-level FSK) FDMA Handy-Talky and Mobile Transceiver into the Amateur radio market” !

News update: The new Brand Logos already appear on website of the ©Yaesu USA Inc. (earlier name: Vertex Standard US Headquarters)

[Note]: the recent corporate reorganization, that brings Vertex Standard’s LMR (land mobile radio) division to Motorola, and breaks Yaesu off into a independent corporation again, known as YAESU MUSEN  Co., Ltd,  for Amateur, Marine and Air-band business divisions. – The US subsidiary wil be YAESU USA Inc.  [please wait for the any official information !]

Yaesu Digital radio system that uses C4FM (4-level FSK), and is very popular in professional commercial markets, is known ad DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) [note: no DRM…!) is used primarily in the European and Asian markets, and is also known as dPRM.

Link to: Download and enjoy the PDF of the Yaesu discussion

Currently GSMK modulation is still being used by D-STAR in 2004, was introduced to the Ham bands. – ICOM D-STAR was the first in the game to promote digital voice and data specifically for amateur radio, and they have quite the stronghold right now – It will be interesting to see ICOM’s reaction to YAESU’s entry to the digital radio market that appears to be early 2012, we will release a C4FM FDMA Handy-Talk- (!! please see the image up! click its to enlarge).

Network an all-digital group of MOTOTRBO DMR repeaters in the USA, Germany, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada, Switzerland, and Spain ! - See the link below for DMR and D-STAR info.
Link to:  The DMR-MARC Worldwide Network – drm-marc net web
Link to: D-STAR World Wide Registered GW-2 and Users information  

Yaesu Musen Co. will be back on Amateur Radio! Vertex Standard LMR going to Motorola

Motorola will keep the Vertex Standard LMR, Inc. (Land-Mobile Radio, division), while the amateur, marine and air-band will be under the YAESU Musen Co. Ltd banner. – New Headquarter addres: Tennouzu Park Side Building 2-5-8 Higashi- Shinigawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo and the US subsidiary will be YAESU USA Inc. – See the Link below for read the full letter!

Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd ritorna nel settore amateur, marine and air-band, la famiglia Hasegawa fondatrice della Yesu ne acquista la totale proprietà. Il settore  LMR (Land Mobile Radio) Vertex Standard,  invece, viene totalmente ceduto alla Motorola, dopo quattro anni di jount venture. La data di questi cambiamanti societari  è dichiarata per l’1.01.2012 – - – Happy New Year to All!

The effective date for this reorganization will be January 1, 2012. – The Company is wholly-owned by Founder’s family – Announced from Mr. Jun Hasegawa (Presidente/CEO Vettex Standard Co., Ltd), son of Sato Hasegawa JA1MP, the founder of Yaesu.

The FT-101′ series – Built by the Yeasu Co. Japan during the 1970s and 1980s. (Click the image to enlarge)!

[Announcement]: A letter dated Dec. 27. 2011  from Jun Hasegawa President/ CEO Vertex Standard Co. Ltd addressed to:
“Dear Amateur, Marine and Air-band Valued Customers” … After four years of joint venture with Motorola, we have decided..

Link to: Read the full announcement dated 27  Dic., 2011 (tks G4TUT)google.com.)

Vertex Standard LMR (Land Mobile Radio) division busines going to Mother Motorola
Link to: Vertex !! LMR digital tec!  Land Mobile Radio ©2012 Vertex Standard LMR, Inc.

Do ut des Story!! … November 07, 2007 (source: Btown Monitoring Post blog)
….omissis…..
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) will launch a tender offer to acquire a controlling interest in Vertex Standard Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: 6821). Upon successful completion of the tender offer and subsequent restructuring process, Motorola will own 80% of Vertex Standard and Toko Giken, a privately held Japanese company, controlled by Jun Hasegawa, current president and CEO of Vertex Standard, will retain 20%, forming a joint venture. On 5 November 2007, the Board of Directors of Vertex Standard expressed their support of the tender offer. Yaesu, of course, as one of the Vertex Standard operations, will be included in this exciting development…… omissis….

!! This latest announcement says that they’re transferring the  LMR business to Motorola and that the new Yaesu will be “wholly owned by the founder’s family”, I guess this means that Motorola is selling their stake in Vertex Standard back to the Hasegawa family… Do ut des !!

FT-450D HF/50MHz Tranceiver, Product Review, QST, 11/2011 by Mike, W5MPC

Yaesu FT-450D HF/50MHz Transceiver, Product review, QST, November 2011. Reviewed by Mike Corey, W5MPC. – Following in the line of the FT-100D, FT-817ND, FT-857D…. arrived it the FT-450D!

The FT-450D adds a standard internal ATU that cover the 6 to 160 meter bands (operation is very easy), and several ergonomic upgrades to the original FT-450. – New knob design, new standard hand mic., Button illumination and 500 and 300 Hz CW filters. (…please click the thumbnail to enlarge!) – See …..the link below !

QST Key summary 20m only: 500 Hz bw, Pre-off… 20 kHz spacing blocking gain compression 134 dB / IMD3 20 kHz 97 dB / IP3 +17 dBm. – FT-450D performance is about the same as the previous ’450! - See the November 2011 issue of QST magazine for the complete review and ARRL Lab test results (members only….login)

A big improvement to the front pannel is backlighting for the buttons, strong enough that buttons can be seen from several feet away ub a dark room, and a significant improvement over the CW filter in the previous FT-450 Transceiver.

Link to: ARRL – American Radio Relay League for Amateur Radio Home
Link to: Vertex Standard >Company Profile >Historical Highlights !!!

FTdx-5000 EDSP V.0537 Main V.0121 Scope response – QSK timing analysis

Vertex Standard  Yaesu have now released a new Firmware Main Cpu V.0121 for the FT-dx5000 series update on 9/29/2011. – After trying to fix the issue of QSK Timing, with the recent Main/EDSP improvements (V.119 / V.0537) released on 7/20/2011 – (Vedere il testo in IT più sotto – below!).

———– Latest Implements/improvements (now)
MAIN： Ver. 0121 (9/29/2011) – Link to: FTdx-5000 Update  Information (9/29/11)
The SCOPE response time has been improved when the [VRF] or [µTUNE] is ON.

Please  See QSK Test with Agilent DSO-X2024A by VE3MSC, Colin and Link to the Timing Analysis by AC0C, Jeff – - Here below! - (news del 30 Luglio 2011) 

———– Implements/improvements (Previous 1)
EDSP： Ver. 0537 (7/20/2011) – Link to: FTdx-5000 Update  Information (7/20/11)
• Improves the Full BKIN QSK dit and space in both SEMI and Full, instead of the wide variation.
Main： Ver. 0119 (7/20/2011)
• Improves the Full BKIN QSK dit and space in both SEMI and Full, instead of the wide variation.
• Corrected the TX monitor distortion, when setting the TX-BPF (3000WB/TTBF) on transmit.

———–Implements/improvements (previous 2)
EDSP： Ver. 0533 (6/20/2011)
• Improves the QSK reception start delay time. *(See note below)
Main： Ver. 0118 (6/20/2011)
• Improves the QSK Audio MUTE control timing. *(See note below)
• Long press the RX-B, after making the MENU#038 setting; long press the RX-B again to toggle back to normal.
• The beacon setting MENU time (Manu#022) is changed. The new setting is OFF/1~240 sec after 240 the increment is 30 seconds up to 690 seconds.
*May also require service center !! hardware change for additional improvement of the Main and Sub side volume control delay. Contact Technical Support before shipping radio.

Link to: HB9ZS FT-5000 Utilities and Memory Saver – Very fine Swiss utility!

21.07.2011 Yaesu Fix QSK con Ver.537 EDSP e 0119 Main — Test di VE3MSC, Colin Haig – Qth: Milton, Ontario CA – [Source] : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Yaesu_FT-5000/

Tokyo and US  engineering teams has been trying to improve the CW QSK Full or Semi-breakin operations of the FTDX5000. There have been concerns expressed on the Yahoo FTdx5000 Group about the dot and space ratio (..1.1.)  and timing of the CW characters.

I team di ingegneri a Tokyo e in Usa  con il rilascio del MAIN Ver.0121 del 29.09.2011, migliorano il tempo di risposta dei segnali per lo Spectrum Scope quando i comandi [VRF] o [µTUNE] sono ON !
In precedenza  hanno cercato di migliorare l’operatività in CW sia in QSK Full o Semi-breakin dello stesso FTDX5000.  Nel Gruppo di discussione Yahoo  molti utilizzatori sostengono che siano state….. segue… > (continua…)

FTdx-5000 Four different Software installations. Latest Update EDSP Ver.0527

FTdx-5000 requires four different software installations (plus one option). Each one must be followed carefully with separate procedures and not easy…..! – Latest Update EDSP MAIN and SUB Unit Version 0527 of 17/09/2010 – (!!..update information? only on Vertex Standard official website)

Click to enlarg the Multiple Software Installations summary diagram © by www.radiocronache.com.

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FTdx-5000 Review from RadCom June 10 by G3SJX – Here only some data and a summary

FTdx-5000 measured performance → Source: RSGB RadCom  June, 2010 by G3SJX – Table 1*
[*Note]: here, only some of the many performances misured – View the RadCom Magazine to read the full review by Peter Hart) – !! IP3, IMD3, and Blocking figures were outstanding with the appropriate Roofing filters selected. !! The only area for concern is the receiver spurious signal rejection….

Sensitivity SSB 10dBs-n:n 7MHz band: IPO-1 →0.7uV (-110dBm) PREAMP-1 →0.18uV (-122dBm) PREAMP-2 →0.09uV (-127dBm)
Intermodulation (Spacing 15kHz) 2400Hz bandwidth 6kH Roofing USB 7MHz band: IPO-1 →IP3 +37.5dBm IMD 105dB PREAMP-1 →IP3 +26dBm IMD 105dB PREAMP-2 →IP3 +18dBm IMD 103dB
Close-in Intermodulation on 7MHz Band 500Hz bandwidth CW IPO-1:
Spacing →2kHz (15kHz Roofing) IP3 -8.5dBm IMD 77dB – (6kHz Roofing) IP3 -4dBm IMD 80dB – (3kHz Roofing) IP3 +33dBm IMD 106dB – (600Hz Roofing) IP3 +37dBm IMD 109dB
Spacing →10kHz (15kHz Roofing) IP3 +38dBm IMD 108dB – (6kHz Roofing) IP3 +39dBm IMD 109dB – (3kHz Roofing) IP3 +38dBm IMD 109dB – (600Hz Roofing) IP3 +38dBm IMD 109dB

The 9MHz IF rejection on most bands was greater than 100dB, but on 10MHz it was only 54dB, and on 7MHz it was 74dB. VRF front-end tuning improved these figures by 20dB. The first mixer image was only down by 55dB to 70dB but VRF improved this to better than 75dB.
Spurs on the synthesiser resulted in a number of unwanted receiver responses, notably at approx +/- 425kHz from the received frequency at only 65dB down on the VFO-A rx and at +/- 40kHz down by 85dB. VRF improves these figures but only marginaly on the higher bands.
Third order intercept (IP3), dynamic range (IMD3) and blocking figures were outstanding with the appropriate Roofing filters selected (See the Table-1*). The VFO-B receiver dynamic range is nont quite as good as the VFO-A receiver but is still very respectable.

Link to: The RSGB webpage – RadCom Magazine

La rejezione IF a 9MHz per la maggior parte delle bande risulta superiore a 100dB, ma sulla banda dei 10MHz scende a soli 54dB, e sulla banda dei 7MHz risulta 74dB.- L’uso del VRF tuning del front-end migliora queste figure di circa 20dB. L’immagine del primo mixer risulta attenuata solo da 55 dB a 70 dB, ma con il VRF si ha un miglioramento al valore di 75dB. Le spurie del sintetizzatore produce una serie di risposte indesiderate al di sotto di soli 65dB  rispetto all frequenza  ricevuta,  in particolare a circa +/- 425kHz dal centro della frequenza  sul VFO-A (main rx), ed ancora a +/- 40kHz sono al di sotto di 85dB. L’inserimento del circuito VRF migliora queste cifre, però solo marginalmente sulle bande più alte di frequenza.
L’intercept point di terzo ordine (IP3), la gamma dinamica  IMD3 e la dinamica di blocco hanno valori che variano in base alla banda passante  del Roofing filter selezionato (Vedere Tabella-1*). Il ricevitore del VFO-B (sub rx) ha a sua volta una dinamica non altrettanto buona come il  ricevitore VFO-A (main rx), ma comunque è  molto rispettabile. – !! Emerge dall’articolo di Peter  Hart una questione che lo preoccupa:  la effettiva capacità di rejezione di segnali spuri del  ricevitore A.
[Note]: RSGB Members Only can now download the June, 2010 RadCom Review  in PDF format.

FTdx-5000 the answer.. RX-1 Double Quad Double Balanced 1st Mixer- Sharp Crystal Roofing

Yaesy FTdx-5000 The sharp 6/8-pole crystal roofing filter (300 Hz 600 Hz 3 kHz)
The 9 MHz 1st IF Main Receiver: Eight, 3SK294 Dual Gate MOS FETs are employed for the 1st mixer in 2 x 4 configuration to establish the Double Quad Double Balanced Mixer for the FTdx-5000 RX-A  only – See the Board layout and Schematic diagram on the Image depiction by ©www.radiocronache.com (clik to enlarge) – !! Download the Sales Brochures – by Yaesu Inc. – Link below.

The newly designed 9 MHz 1st IF Mixer using MOS FETs have low losses by themselves so than is required at the RF amp, for the Main RF Front End (RX-1 VFO A) – A 15 BPF (8 x Amateur Radio band + 7 x General Coverange Receiver) are  inserted between the VRF UNIT -1 and the IPO/RF amp stage, automatically selected. –

Link to: Download New Sales Brochures (9.51 MB .Pdf)

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The HRDDS (High Resolution Direct Digital Synthesizer) utilizes a direct locking technique a 400 MHz reference signal, resulting in a lock time that approches zero. (Best C/N ratio and BDR)

Yesu VX-8DR Tri-band and VX-8GR Dual Band GPS/APRS® enhanced. FTM-350R Bug Fixed

VX-8DR All-in-one Tri-band (50/144/430 MHz) Transceiver Bluetooth for hands-free Operation with optional accessories. Waterproof/Submersible IPX7 rated-3ft for 30 minutes (Optional FGP-2 GPS and antenna unit, CT-136 Adapter or MH-74a7a external mic. for GPS/APRS® operation) -

VX-8GR 144/430 Dual Band Transceover with GPS unit included Built-in GPS Antenna which is based on a 12-channel receiver for GPS/APRS® operation.  Wide Band Receiver for 108-999 MHz, IPX-5 Water jets. – A  lower cost V/U APRS® handheld.
Minus a few VX-8R/DR features you may not need: No 6m – TX/RX – No 220 TX/RX – No HF RX – No Bluetooth – No SU-1 Barometer sensor – No WFM RX – No water immersion.
!! See more info, Price, Link and FTM-350R Bug Fixed …..below
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Ftdx-5000 New Video(2) HD, effects and filters – Check Ver. software on your unit – And more!

FT-101 Yaesu,  FT-1000D Yaesu,  and FTdx-5000 Vertex Standard – Latest news:   Check the Version software you have on your unit  – Download the New DMU-2000 Update Software Information (released 16.03.2010) and the new DMU-2000 Operating Manual (of 18-03-2010) – www.radiocronache.com -  Watch the other news, Video  and Link below…

FTDX5000MP(2) New Video HD -  Camera’s high picture quality than the previous! – Watch  the significant effects and filters! – Very high quality video! by Ito san, JJ0OXC
ヤエス最新機種FTDX5000MPの様子です、以前のより高画 質カメラで撮影しました！ フィルターなどはかなりの効果！ by 伊藤, JJ0OXC ——–> !! Link to:  Web page blog-ito7310

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FTdx-5000 Vs IC-7700 – DMU-2000 v5.11 – Yaesu ICAL soon IT – Watch the 1st Video

The Transceiver FTdx-5000 Vs IC-7700 – Sommary.. Features, Dimensions, Weight
Yaesu Italia  ICAL Spa,  coming soon in Italy. >See Info and link (Ical logo) below..
Icom IC-7700:
Dimensions  425 × 149 × 437 mm; Weight  22.5kg;
Output power :  5–200W – AM 5–50W;
PA utilizes two MRF 150 MOSFETs (Vdd = 48V);
Special Price (- Icom Coupon + Gift) $6299,95

Yaesu FTdx 5000 Series:
Dimensions and Weight FTDX-5000 462 x 135 x 389 mm,  21 Kg
SM-5000  462 x   45 x 181 mm,  3 Kg; Output power: 10-200W – AM 5-50W (75W Cl. A)
PA utilizes two FETs VRF 150 (Vdd = 40V);
MP Series List Price $8000.00  Your Price $6299.95

Watch the 1st Video on the latest model is FTDX5000MP Yaesu (by ito7310)

ヤエス最新機種のFTDX5000MPです。 – Request to ito7310!! Is there any way you can make another video but flip the switches slower where we can see the effects of the adjustment? … thanks.

FTdx-5000 Series coming soon in Italy – June, 2010 in Italia il Transceiver HF 50MHz 200W, lo ha annunciato Yaesu Italia/ ICAL Spa – Official Importer and distributor  Vertex Standard Yaesu.

FTdx-5000MP  arrived in US.  One of the first exemplary, probably assigned to who have classified the order, arrived in US  on 27 Feb. 2010. .Dick K6GAK – See more info, Link and Photo..

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