At this price they are an excellent buy, and when properly refurbished are a fully competent HF radio, no bells and whistles but very easy to operate, stable, thanks to the solid state VFO, the receiver in particular is far better than many of the earlier solid state offerings from Yaesu, and I think it’s a better performer than the KW2000. I have recently seen nice examples of these for sale for less than £70 without the power pack, and £100 - £125 with. A 12 volt power unit was also available for mobile use, this consumed 12 amps on receive and up to 27 amps on transmit - it was said that the mobile operator didn't need a separate heater in the vehicle… The accompanying FP200 AC power pack provided all necessary voltages from one transformer from 117 or 234 volt AC mains and included a front facing loudspeaker. It had a short reincarnation in the early 70's in an all black case and was then sold as a cheaper alternative to the first FT101's. It was also sold under the guise of the Sommerkamp FT250 (blue case) and the Henry Radio "Tempo One" (black and silver case, above). The design first saw the light of day in the late 60's in a grey and silver case.
An almost all valve design that provides around 180watts PEP, good stability and a very good receiver that is a delight to use, even under today's band conditions. The Yaesu FT200 is an SSB/CW transceiver that covers the pre-WARC amateur bands from 80m to 10m. The same rig was marketed in Europe by the importers Sommerkamp and sold as the FT-250
Options included a 100w upgrade kit for Y3000 Yen.Ĭontrol for PA Plate and Loading Condensers Was sold in Japan with a single tube in the final amplifier stage. The (100 watt) FT-200 sold in Japan for Y69,000 Yen.įT-200 was also sold in Australia and Europe. FT-250 Included the Yaesu DC-200 Mobile 12 volt DC power supplyĭownload Owners operators manual for (VFO) FV200 / Tempo FV/One Henry Radio also sold a remote VFO the VF/One for this transceiver can be difficult to find.įinding one can prove to be a challenge, this VF/One luckily showed up on Ebay,īut I had to buy the whole rig to get it. Sold in the United States by Henry Radio of Los Angles California as the Tempo One, it sold in both white & black version. Tempo VF/1 VFO, Tempo One Xcvr, Tempo AC/OneĪn inside peek of the DC/1A DC-DC Power convertor. Same rig sold in the United States by Henry Radio of Los Angeles as the Tempo One "ZL" FT-200 Newsletters, FT-250, Tempo One CD ROMįT-200 And FT-200S Low Power version sold in Japan, For more information about the FT-200, Tempo One check out the club CD