So far so good. \u00a0POTA is helpful as a test vehicle for new radios, morse key settings, etc.<\/p>\n
To this point only one glitch. \u00a0The disappearing CW indicator after operating split. \u00a0I put a message out to Yaesu but nothing heard. \u00a0The September 2025 software update (202511) should take care of this issue.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n CW is my main operating mode so my comments result from operating CW. \u00a0However, I did work a park on SSB with the FTX-1F and all went well (I think).<\/p>\n In the shack:<\/strong><\/p>\n The transceiver does run hot as reported by many users. \u00a0I purchased the fan and it appears to cool things down a bit (on a DC supply).<\/p>\n I have used the radio connected to my Mac via a USB-C cable. \u00a0I am waiting for the Bluetooth unit to arrive. \u00a0I hope Bluetooth can be used to replace the cable to talk to the computer. \u00a0Report back when the module is received and installed.<\/p>\n Away from the shack:<\/strong><\/p>\n The FTX-1F performed well using the battery on the back deck feeding a Wolf River vertical. \u00a0Hopefully soon it will go on the road for more tests in the wild.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So far so good. \u00a0POTA is helpful as a test vehicle for new radios, morse key settings, etc. To this point only one glitch. \u00a0The disappearing CW indicator after operating split. \u00a0I put a message out to Yaesu but nothing heard. \u00a0The September 2025 software update (202511) should take care of this issue. CW is\u2026 Continue Reading ‘The latest on the FTX-1F’<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pota","category-yaesu-ftx-1-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4084"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4099,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4084\/revisions\/4099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}