The screen is big though and there's the option to send it to an external monitor. That is not good as far as I'm concerned! Maybe there's a menu option to change it - I hope so!! I've just noticed another weird quirk - when you lower the RFgain, the scope/waterfall levels remain the same. This is a very important area of the radio to most operators and Yaesu really do need to up their game with a fabulous new firmware upgrade - soon!! You can of course alter the settings to make it more appealing, but when you set it fast it's too fast and when you set it slow, it almost stutters along. The 2D scope is what I'll concentrate on, but that too looks like it's on amphetamines! There (currently) is no averaging option and the waterfall looks blocky and edgy compared to the refined 7610. There's also a button for quickly swapping between VFO and MEM which wasn't on the 7610. One for each band running across the top makes selection so simple and quick. I love the fact that the radio has so many buttons on the fascia. The 101 looks like something from a modern, slick warship with all its bulk and huge VFO knob - in fact, that dial wouldn't look out of place on the front of a Swiss Bank Vault. She looks absolutely stunning! But then she's also a bit chavvy too, with that awful 3D waterfall feature which I will surely never use.
In the looks department, the FT-DX101D is a PinUp Girl 😂.
What matters most to me is how it operates, how it sounds and the aesthetics. Everyone knows that radios at this price are all pretty magnificent and even though the Yaesu is rated number one in the Sherwood Tables, it had no bearing on my decision - just as it didn't when I bought my last base station (the 7610).
It looked like a bargain for what was originally £7,000 but then I found out it was seven years old and it kinda put me off.īut now I was in " Buying Mode" so I decided to look around at what was out there in that price range and found myself on an internet browser full of £3k transceivers and the one that stood out the most was the Yaesu FT-DX101D. My decision to buy another big rig came from something I spotted on FaceBook MarketPlace - a used Kenwood TS-990S for £3000. I have no need for one of course, because my IC-7300 works perfectly well with the limited range of antennas available to me (EFHW & G5RV), but that doesn't stop me wanting one. After selling my IC-7610 some time ago (don't ask why), I really missed having a nice big base station in the shack.
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