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Estimated date of arrival is September 2008
The Yaesu VX-8R is the successor to the popular VX-7R.
It provides a full 5 watts FM on 50/144/430 MHz.
It supports Blue Tooth hands-free operation with the optional BU-1 and BH-1 or BH-2 accessories.
There is also an optional GPS unit and antenna with loads of features.
This radio supports APRS 1200/9600 bps data communication (B band only).
Like the VX7R, the VX8R is submersible and meets IPX57 specifications (3 feet for minimum of 30 minutes).
A powerful 7.4 V 1100 mAh Lithium Ion battery is included. An optional 3 x AA battery cell case will be offered soon.
The VX-8R is small, intuitive to operate only 2.36 x 3.74 x 0.92 inches (thinner than VX-7R).
It supports simultaneous independent 2-signal dual receive function with both V + V or U + U. It has weather band receive with Weather Alert. A barometric sensor is included.
The receive coverage is wider than VX-7R, with an independent AM/FM broadcast receiver circuit. The dot matrix LCD display provides Memory tag up to a maximum of 16 characters. You even get a high-resolution Spectrum Analyzer with ±60 channels indication with wave monitoring of received/modulated signal! And DCS and CTCSS encode and decode is standard.
The VX-8R comes with the SMA antenna, FNB-101LI Lithium Ion battery pack, belt clip and NC-86B battery charger. (The NC-86B should only be used for receive, because it is not capable of supplying sufficient current to support transmit).
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