{"id":4155,"date":"2026-01-30T06:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4155"},"modified":"2026-02-12T06:08:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T11:08:48","slug":"thoughts-to-date-on-the-ftx-1f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4155","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts to date on the FTX-1F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been using the FTX-1F for several months. \u00a0Here are my thoughts so far.<\/p>\n<p>But first, my operating environment:<\/p>\n<p>The radio is used mostly in the shack on a 13.8 volt power supply at the 10 watt level. \u00a0CW is the main mode (almost the only mode, but I have made a few contact on SSB and FT-8). \u00a0The antenna is a 55 foot doublet in the attic bent to fit. \u00a0I have not used the radio on VHF or UHF other than to hear the audio in an HT on two meters.<\/p>\n<p>Comments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fun radio to use<\/li>\n<li>Good receiver<\/li>\n<li>Good keyer<\/li>\n<li>Menus are okay to use (cannot have a bunch of knobs on the front of such a small radio)<\/li>\n<li>Gets out well<\/li>\n<li>Limit use out of the shack but easily carried and used in the field or on our back desk.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Accessories purchased<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fan &#8211; does a good job of cooling the radio<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth &#8211; <strong>worthless!<\/strong> (I guess I was foolish to think it would work with something other than the Yaesu Headset.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a complex radio. \u00a0The danger is to learn a limited amount of its functions and stop learning what else it can do. \u00a0I must fight this from happening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been using the FTX-1F for several months. \u00a0Here are my thoughts so far. But first, my operating environment: The radio is used mostly in the shack on a 13.8 volt power supply at the 10 watt level. \u00a0CW is the main mode (almost the only mode, but I have made a few contact\u2026 <a class='read-more' href='https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/?p=4155'>Continue Reading &lsquo;Thoughts to date on the FTX-1F&rsquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-yaesu-ftx-1-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155","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=4155"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4168,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4155\/revisions\/4168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wa2bsw.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}