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

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

Kenwood Mobile Radio

• Dual receive

• Separate display, base units

• GPS receiver

• APRS support

• DSTAR support

• USB-C port

• SD card port