Yaesu (brand)

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Yaesu FT-180 commercial HF ship/shore communications equipment

Yaesu is an international brand of commercial and amateur radio equipment.

It was founded as Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd. (八重洲無線株式会社, Yaesu Musen Kabushiki-gaisha) in 1959 by a Japanese radio amateur Sako Hasegawa with callsign JA1MP in the Tokyo neighborhood of Yaesu. The initial intent seemed to have been to develop and manufacture commercial and amateur radio transceivers for the Japanese market but by 1964 there were sales agreements placed in Australia and Germany.

In Europe the equipment was sold under the Yaesu brand and the Sommerkamp brand. In 1963 the Swiss firm Sommerkamp imported Yaesu equipment and sold it using their own brand.

Yaesu's line of equipment was first imported into the US by Spectronics, Inc. located in Signal Hill, CA, in 1965. Yaesu became an important presence in the U.S. amateur radio market with the introduction and improvement of its very popular FT-101 line of equipment in the 1970s. In addition, transcievers were OEM'd to Henry Radio in Los Angeles. Spectronics was founded by William Turner, father of Robert Turner who went on to found EMG, Inc. manufacturer of EMG Pickups for electric guitars.

Sako Hasegawa (JA1MP) died in 1990 and Jun Hasegawa took over his job as managing director.

Yaesu Musen acquired the STANDARD radio equipment brand from Marantz Japan in 1998, and changed the company name to Vertex Standard Co., Ltd. (株式会社バーテックススタンダード, Kabushiki-gaisha Bātekkusu Sutandādo) in 2000. In 2007 Motorola announced its intention to purchase 80% of Vertex Standard and form a joint venture with Tokogiken, which would hold the other 20%. This deal was completed in January 2008. The joint venture was dissolved effective January 1, 2012. The Vertex Standard Land-Mobile Division remains with Motorola. The Amateur Radio, Airband and Marine Radio business was transferred to the new company "Yaesu Musen".

Addresses

• Former Japanese: Yaesu Musen Corporation Limited, C.P.O. Box 1500, Tokyo, Japan
• Former Japanese: Vertex Standard Corporation Limited, 4-8-8 Nakameguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8644, Japan
• Current Japanese: Yaesu Musen Co., Ltd, Tennouzu Park Side Building 2-5-8 Higashi-Shinagawa, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
• Former U.S: Yaesu Electronics Corporation, P.O. box 49, Paramount, California 90723, USA
• Former U.S: Vertex Standard USA, 10900 Walker Street, Cypress, CA 90630
• Former U.S: Vertex Standard USA, 6125 Phyllis Drive, Cypress, CA 90630
• Current U.S: Yaesu Inc. USA, 6125 Phyllis Drive, Cypress, CA 90630
• Former European: Sommerkamp Electronic SAS, CH-6903 Lugano, P.O. box 176, Switzerland
• Former European: Soka SRL, CH-6911 Campione / Lugano, Via Matteo 17, Switzerland
• Current European: Hotline SA, Via Magazzini Generali 8, 6828 Balerna CH

Partial list of products

High-fidelity audio systems

• Yaesu YQ-41 (Quadraphonic stereo receiver) (1972)
• Yaesu YQ-41-IV (Quadraphonic stereo receiver) (1973)
• Yaesu YQ-60 (Quadraphonic stereo receiver) (circa 1975)

Receivers

Yaesu FRG-7700

• FR-50(B) (HF amateur band receiver)
• FR-101 (HF amateur band receiver)
• FRdx-400 (HF amateur band receiver)
• FRdx-500 (HF amateur band receiver)
• FRG-7 (HF communications receiver)
• FRG-100 (HF communications receiver)
• FRG-7000 (HF communications receiver)
• FRG-7700 (HF communications receiver)
• FRG-8800 (HF communications receiver)
• FRG-9600 (VHF/UHF receiver/scanner)
• VR-120 (Hand-held wideband communications receiver)
• VR-500 (Hand-held wideband communications receiver)
• VR-5000 (Base wideband communications receiver)

Amateur radio transceivers (HF)

Yaesu FT-101EE

Yaesu FT-7B (bottom)

FT-DX9000D

• FT-1 (HF transceiver)
• FT-100 (HF transceiver)
• FT-101 (HF transceiver)
• FT-102 (HF transceiver)
• FT-107M (HF transceiver)
• FT-200 (HF transceiver)
• FT-201 (HF transceiver)
• FT-250 (HF transceiver)
• FT-301 (HF transceiver)
• FT-301D (HF transceiver)
• FT-450 (HF/VHF transceiver)
• FT-50 (HF transceiver)
• FT-600 (HF transceiver)
• FT-650 (HF transceiver)
• FT-7(B) (HF transceiver)
• FT-75 (HF transceiver)
• FT-77 (S) (HF transceiver)
• FT-707 (S) (HF transceiver)
• FT-726R (HF/VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-736R (HF transceiver)
• FT-757/GX (HF transceiver)
• FT-767/GX (HF transceiver)
• FT-817 (HF/VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-840 (HF transceiver)
• FT-847 (HF/VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-857 (HF/VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-897 (HF/VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-901 (HF transceiver)
• FT-902 (HF transceiver)
• FT-920 (HF transceiver)
• FT-950 (HF transceiver)
• FT-990 (HF transceiver)
• FT-1000MP (HF transceiver)
• FT-1000/D (HF transceiver)
• FT-2000 (HF/VHF transceiver)
• FTDX-5000 (HF/VHF transceiver)
• FT-8900R (HF/VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FTDX-9000 (HF/VHF transceiver)
• FTDX-9000 Contest (HF/VHF transceiver)
• FTDX-9000D (HF/VHF transceiver)
• FTDX-9000MP (HF/VHF transceiver)

Amateur radio transceivers (VHF/UHF)

Yaesu FT-2800M

• FT-221 (VHF transceiver)
• FT-2800M (VHF transceiver)
• FT-1802M (VHF transceiver)
• FT-290R (VHF transceiver)
• FT-2400 (VHF transceiver)
• FT-2900R (VHF transceiver)
• FTM-350R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-7800R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-8800R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-90 (VHF/UHF transceiver)

Handheld transceivers (VHF/UHF)

Yaesu VX-5R

Yaesu VX-7R

• FT-50R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-51R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-60R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• FT-73R (UHF transceiver)
• VX-1R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-2R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-3R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-5R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-6R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-7R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-8R (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-8DR (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-8GR (VHF/UHF transceiver)
• VX-110 (VHF transceiver)
• VX-120 (VHF transceiver)
• VX-127 (UHF transceiver)
• VX-150 (VHF transceiver)
• VX-170 (VHF transceiver)
• VX-177 (UHF transceiver)
• VX-250 (VHF transceiver)
• VX-270 (VHF transceiver)

External links

• Yaesu.com
• Vertex Standard
• Vertex website catering for Europe, the Middle East and Africa