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Yaesu FTA550 Handheld VHF Transceiver

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Features

  • NAV/COM with ILS and VOR Navigation
  • Aviation Airband
  • AA Battery Tray only
  • Comes with Headset Adapter
  • NO Rechargeable Battery

Description

The YAESU FTA-550 is packed with features, yet very affordable. Boasting an oversize full dot matrix LCD display, the FTA-550 Airband Transceiver provides full communication on the Aircraft communications Band and additionally provides VOR and ILS navigation features on the "NAV" band. The FTA-550 includes NOAA weather band monitoring and the capability of programming up to 200 memory channels with a quick and easy channel recall feature. The brand new easy to operate menu system is icon driven making it simple to navigate through all of the powerful features this transceiver has to offer. Additionally the FTA-550 can easily be reprogrammed in minutes using the optional PC Programming software and the supplied USB programming cable. Unit comes with a AA battery pack and NOT a rechargeable battery.

Brand: YAESU


Color: Black


Number of Channels: 200


Special Feature: Portable,Waterproof


Frequency Range: 108 to 136.975 MHz


Talking Range Maximum: 5 Miles


Voltage: 3 Volts


Water Resistance Level: Water Resistant


Product Dimensions: 8.6"D x 6.3"W x 3.2"H


Number of Batteries: 2 AA batteries required.


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No


Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.6 x 6.3 x 3.2 inches; 1.81 Pounds


Item model number ‏ : ‎ NATAL-MR-PN-8748692


Batteries ‏ : ‎ 2 AA batteries required.


Date First Available ‏ : ‎ April 3, 2014


Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Yaesu


Item Weight: ‎1.81 pounds


Product Dimensions: ‎8.6 x 6.3 x 3.2 inches


Item model number: ‎NATAL-MR-PN-8748692


Batteries: ‎2 AA batteries required.


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: ‎No


Waterproof: ‎IPX6


Date First Available: April 3, 2014


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • Great bang for your buck!
I work in aviation communications and I bought this to avoid using the radio that was given to me by the company I work for. In comparison, the battery is still full after 7 jobs I have done. The RX capability allowed me to listen to an aircraft landing about 40 miles away with the squelch quiet open. It sounds very clear on TX and RX. The auto VOR feature is awesome to have as a pilot. I will definitely going to have it near me when flying my bird. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 9, 2023 by Antonio Lugardo
    • Reasonably good radio with caveats
Review Image by John P. John P.
The first unit I purchased was DOA. The speaker just did not produce sound. I returned and replaced that one, and the second copy is working fine. I'm using this radio just to monitor traffic during my UAV flights, so I can't really speak to range or transmit function. For my purposes the radio works fine, although the menu system is straight out of the 1990s. You can download software which is also crude by today's standards in order to upload frequency data to the radio for storage. It worked, but only if I was able to make a connection over the USB cable within a two second open period. There's a bug in the software which forces it to timeout very quickly. I've had no trouble picking up pattern traffic when nearby an airport using the CTAF frequency. Intelligibility is fair but not great. The radio is fairly heavy with batteries installed but does have a belt clip. The weather frequencies also work, although in retrospect they aren't really that helpful. The squelch works well once you recognize how to make the adjustment. Overall this is a reasonably good radio, but the design is decades old and the manufacturing quality may be uneven. The price is high for what it is, but thsi market is small. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2023 by John P. John P.
    • Works great for what I need it to do.
I bought this radio as a backup for the single COM radio in my airplane. I am based at a tower-controlled airport and my single radio fails, it is much more difficult to get back into the controlled airspace to land. I also wanted to be able to listen in to air show control at events like Oshkosh and other events. I only fly VFR, so I don't need it to work with ATC enroute controllers, most of whom would be located many miles away. I bought the AA version because I didn't want to mess around with a rechargeable battery - I would use this radio relatively rarely and alkaline batteries were all I needed. I also bought a 2nd battery tray for $15, so I can carry a spare set of batteries in their own tray - reviewers that pointed out the difficulty of getting batteries into the tray were correct. I didn't think it was too hard to do on the ground, but I wouldn't want to do it in the air. I also bought a PTT switch for it. I have since returned it. I have been having periodic problems with my COM radio, and it happened again today. Tower was reporting "barely readable" and was struggling to hear me. I pulled our the FTA550 and plugged it into the cigarette lighter socket I use for 12VDC in the plane. With the PTT switch, my transmissions were also nearly unreadable, which was also the case with the radio's side tone. I was using my Dave Clark 13.4s using the included headset adapter (Thanks for providing all of the accessories, Yaesu!!) and the received audio was strong and crisp. I removed the optional PTT switch (which is being returned to Amazon for a refund) and just used the PTT on the side of the radio. It worked just fine. Using the included BNC antenna, Tower was able to read me from eight miles out, but not as strong as usual. At five miles they were reading me loud and clear. It probably helps that my plane has a bubble canopy that lets the antenna transmit without being blocked by aluminum wings or fuselage, but I am still going to get and mount an external antenna, or put an A-B switch between my primary COM and the FTA550. This radio provided the redundancy that I needed at a very reasonable cost. I would not use it for IFR in less I had no other choice, and I would definitely install an external antenna if I thought I would ever have to use in for that kind of flying. I have not tried using the VOR function and don't anticipate a need for it because I also carry a backup GPS. I might try it someday to see how it works, just in case. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2020 by Cabot Bennett
    • Good radio, but hard to change the batteries without damaging them a bit
Review Image by Michael Michael
Great radio, easy to punch in frequencies and recall up to a few previous ones. reception range is excellent (i picked up an ATIS from almost 50NM away), and tower said they read me 5 during a radio check in the vicinity of the airport. VOR works too. The only downside is that you have to force the batteries out of their carrier with something flat and sturdy, which for rechargable batteries will damage them a bit with every removal. Haven't tested battery life fully, but there's a handy battery meter in the top right corner of the screen (i use rechargables so their lower voltage kind of screws with the indication though) I use it as a backup radio, as well as to monitor my student's solos For the price it punches up at more expensive radios with fewer features. Might get my hands on a lithium battery for it at some point if i use it often enough, but those are hard to find standalone so buy the FTA550L if you know you'll need it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2022 by Michael Michael
    • somewhat inaccurate product description
I've only owned this radio for a few days now, so i may come to love it, but so far my initial thoughts are this: -product states that it requires two AA batteries. This is not accurate. Product requires six. -Product came with a charger, but did not come with a lithium ion battery, just an empty section to place AA batteries. Seems strange to me. I'm not sure if charger will even work for those, so why send it? -Cords are strange. I bought this to use for use while powered paragliding and found that i can attach my mic to the helmet, using the PTT jack, but not the speaker. The fact that the speaker and mic jacks are gigantic will make this difficult to solve. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2022 by Brandon Deerwester

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