Yaesu Musen FT-625RD

[Wile E. Coyote]

This is one of the other toys that my father-in-law has given to me. I would like to know if anyone out there still uses this radio and how great is this radio?? I know that it is old and he still used up until he said to take is to my house. I tried to look it up on e-bay to see what it is worth, but couldn't find it on e-bay. So, if anyone could enlighten me on what it worth and all, I might be willing to put this up for trade since I do not have a Ham license.

Thanks..........

Danny Rogers (Wile E. Coyote)
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Unit 505 the land of enchantment New Mexico

[Circuit Breaker]

Here's some information I found on eHam.net from 2002:

Yaesu FT-625 & FT-625RD- (1979) These radios are available in the analog dial version (FT-625R) and digital readout version (FT-625RD). The radios tune 50.0 to 54.0 Mhz and the output is 25-30 Watts RF on SSB/CW/AM/FM. The radio can perform repeater splits, however the frequency split is fixed at 1 Mhz. An optional crystal, selectable on the front panel, will allow any fixed frequency split on one of four bands (four optional crystal positions are available). The FT-625 series is considered one of the better radios available for sensitive receive and reasonable selectivity. Using crystal mixing, phase noise is not an issue, however some drift like other radios in the same era is present. The noise limiter is very effictive. I watched a 20 over S9 noise figure drop to a S3 with good audio. The FT-625R has a crystal calibrator installed. Cost is approximately $250 (FT-625R) to $375 for an excellent condition FT-625RD with optional CW narrow filter.

[PONY EXPRESS]

Very Popular radio back in the early 80's if you wanted to get on 6 meters. Price tag was around 1000.00 for just a 6 meter radio . They had a matching 2 meter version FT 225RD. Then the Yaesu FT 726R AND THE NOW CLASSIC FT 736R came out and those 2 were forgotten quickly .

The Yaesu FT-625RD is a 6 meter multi-mode transceiver that operates in SSB, CW, FM and AM modes. Power output is: 25 watts SSB/CW/FM and 8 watts and AM mode. watts. Frequency coverage is 50 to 54 MHz. It has a noise blanker, speaker and three way analog meter (S Meter/Power Out/FM Discriminator). Enjoy digital display to 100 kHz. Segments of display were nortorious for burning out.


Selling price is 300-400 price range when you can find one. Make sure all the led on digital display work as they were known to burnout segments