Yaesu muses
| Yaesu muses | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
| founding | 1956 |
| Seat | Shinagawa , Tokyo |
| management | Jun Hasegawa |
| Branch | Radio production |
| Website | www.yaesu.com |
Yaesu Musen KK ( Japanese 八 重 洲 無線 株式会社 , Yaesu Musen Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese company that develops and produces radio equipment for amateur radio as well as for professional use (e.g. marine radio).
Company history
The company was founded in 1956 by the Japanese radio amateur Sako Hasegawa ( amateur radio call sign: JA1MP) as KK General Terebi Service ( 株式会社 ゼ ネ ラ ル テ レ ビ サ ー ビ ス , Kabushiki-gaisha Zeneraru Terebi Sābisu ) in Ōta , Tokyo . In 1964 the company moved to Yaesu , Chūō , Tokyo and the name was changed to Yaesu Musen KK. At that time, the focus was on the development of amateur radio equipment for shortwave operations .
From 1963 the YAESU radios were sold in Germany by the Sommerkamp company, a few years later by Richter & Co / Ricofunk in Hanover and Düsseldorf . Ricofunk was later sold to Stabo Elektronik, Hildesheim. In 1999 the company STANDARD - until then an independent provider of marine radio systems - was taken over. Yaesu Deutschland GmbH, which had sales and service in Schwalbach am Taunus until mid-2001 , was then dissolved in Germany and merged with the Dutch branch "Yaesu Europe BV". Sales in Germany have now been reorganized and are carried out by Hotline SA in Balerna, Switzerland. The official Yaesu Germany website is also operated by Hotline SA.
In 1999 the company moved to Meguro , Tokyo and in 2000 the name was changed to KK Vertex Standard ( 株式会社 バ ー テ ッ ク ス ス タ ン ダ ー ド , Kabushiki-gaisha Bātekksu Sutandādo ). Only the amateur radio division was sold under the Yaesu brand. The group sells devices worldwide in the segments of professional radio, amateur radio, marine radio (brand: Standard Horizon), aeronautical radio (brand: Vertex Standard) and radio data (e.g. barcode scanners), has factories in Japan and the USA and in 2007 had approx 700 employees.
Motorola held 80% of the company's shares since January 2008 , which resulted in the following mutual advantages: Vertex devices (a Yaesu brand) secure the low-end range for Motorola worldwide and Motorola is improving its market presence in Japan.
On January 1, 2012, amateur, marine and aviation radio was again spun off as an independent company under the old name of Yaesu Musen . The company's headquarters were relocated to Shinagawa , Tokyo. Marine radio runs under the Standard Horizon brand and aeronautical radio under Vertex Standard .
The company is now run by Jun Hasegawa, a son of the late founder of the company.
Ham radio products
Portable dual-band devices for the European market include the VX-1R , VX-2R , VX-5R , VX-6R, VX-7R, VX-8R (the models VX-5, VX-6, VX-7 and VX- 8 are three or four band devices). The mobile dual-band devices include B. the FT-8800 and to the station radios the FT-1000MP. Mobile multiband devices are e.g. B. the FT-857D and FT-100D, which can cover all HF bands as well as the 6m, 2m and 70 cm amateur radio bands in the operating modes AM, FM, USB, LSB, SSB, CW and (A) FSK.
Other shortwave transceivers are the Yaesu FTDX 9000, FTDX 5000 MP, FT2000, FT950. These all come from the same series and have similar functions and operating options. All these radios have a connection for the "Data Management Unit" Yaesu DMU-2000 and one or more connections for CAT Interface ( c omputer a ided t ransceiver = control the radio via the PC). This is particularly useful in contests . Among other things, an antenna rotor control is also possible.
