Yaesu FT-7(B)

Yaesu FT-7 is a rugged, solid state and modular built HF amateur-band radio transceiver, suitable for fixed and for mobile operation.

This transceiver was very small for its time; by current modern standards however it is a large mobile set.

It is a low-power (QRP) SSB and CW transceiver of which transmitting power is adjustable up from 10 to about 20 W. In 1979 its somewhat upgraded successor – the Yaesu FT-7B – was released and as of 1980 this rig was also sold on the European market.

Its transmitting output is adjustable from 5 to 50 W maximum by an integrated 50 W power amplifier using two 2SC2099 final transistors.

Solid state receive and transmit operating in single conversion configuration with premix heterodyne techniques reducing signal distortion in transmit and receive mode.