Yaesu: Yaesu FTM-500D Announced

[N4DJC]

I’ve been watching on this web page https://fccid.io/K66

Yaesu usually asks for a confidentiality agreement to not publish the manual, specs, photos, etc for 45 days from the date of type acceptance or until the product is released.

 

[k6cpo]

Not gonna' lie... this radio excites me. And yeah, I'm a bit of a Yaesu fanboy, so be it.

The front mounted speaker alone has my attention!

Everyone is salivating over the front mounted speakers on this radio. My suggestion is to listen to it first. Yaesu did this once before with the FTM-350AR. While the head-mounted speakers on that radio are useable, they just aren't up to the quality of a good mobile speaker or even the internal body-mounted speaker. Granted, the ones in the FTM-500 might be better, I wouldn't buy the radio based strictly on that feature.

 

[jpdmac]

"The new FTM-500DR will be available the middle of April 2023. The information shown is preliminary and may be subject to change without notice or obligation. As of February 2023, this device has not been approved by the FCC."

Welcome to Yaesu.com

 

[N4DJC]

It was approved 3-30-23.

 

[AK9R]

 

[N4DJC]

Video in Japanese

 

[N4DJC]

Based on the manual, the control head will tilt up 20 degrees even when attached to the RF module. That's pretty interesting.

 

[jpdmac]

Marketing has started:
Welcome to Yaesu.com

YAESU, FTM-500DR, Transceivers Mobile Dual Band 2m-70cm, FTM500DR

Yaesu FTM-500DR Mobile VHF/UHF C4FM Transceiver

Here's an interesting "parts" post:
Single/Multi-Band Mobile Transceiver | DX Engineering

 

[AK9R]

Your third link only shows FTM-400D parts.

 

[jpdmac]

It looks like they are selling the FTM-400XDR for the same price as the FTM-500. I did not find any mention of "parts" when I explored the details.

 

[mrweather]

CA$950 at my local candy store. I think I'll pass...

 

[Moto_user]

Definitely a nice radio. If I hadn't of just bought my FTM-300 a year ago, I'd be buying this one. Touch screen is definitely a plus. Maybe in a year or two.

 

[VA2SWP]

The reviews on the Tubes are starting to appear: