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Median sold price per month from 11 sold listings (Apr '25–Sep '26). Down ~8% over the period.
Based on classifieds listings marked SOLD — asking prices sellers marked as sold, not confirmed sale prices. Refreshed daily from our deal-scan comp checks.
| Date sold | Item | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | Yaesu FT-891 | $550 | SOLD |
| Aug 2026 | Yaesu FT-891 | $570 | SOLD |
| Feb 2026 | Yaesu FT-891 | $580 | SOLD |
| Jan 2026 | Yaesu FT-891 | $610 | SOLD |
| Nov 2025 | Yaesu FT-891 | $500 | SOLD |
| Sep 2025 | Yaesu FT-891 | $575 | SOLD |
| Aug 2025 | Yaesu FT-891 | $550 | SOLD |
| Jun 2025 | Yaesu FT-891 | $575 | SOLD |
| Jun 2025 | Yaesu FT-891 | $485 | SOLD |
| Jun 2025 | Yaesu FT-891 | $550 | SOLD |
| Apr 2025 | Yaesu FT-891 | $599 | SOLD |
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The FT-891 is Yaesu's compact 100-watt HF + 6-meter all-mode mobile rig — SSB, CW, AM and FM, transmit 1.8–54 MHz (amateur bands only) with general-coverage receive from 30 kHz to 56 MHz. Yaesu first announced it at the 2016 Dayton Hamvention, and it has settled in as a mobile, portable and small-shack rig rather than a big base station: just 6.1 × 2.0 × 8.6 inches (155 × 52 × 218 mm) without knobs and about 4.18 lb (1.9 kg), with a detachable front panel. That size at full 100 W (25 W on AM) is the whole pitch — it fits in a vehicle, rides well for Parks on the Air / Summits on the Air style portable work, and still works fine on a cramped desk at home. What makes it good is the receiver side for the money. It is a triple-conversion superheterodyne with a standard 3 kHz roofing filter, a TCXO rated at ±0.5 ppm, and a 32-bit floating-point IF DSP (up to 3,000 MIPS) providing DNR noise reduction, DNF auto-notch, CONTOUR and APF — features owners and reviewers consistently praise for digging signals out of noise, along with sensitive receive and strong, punchy SSB transmit audio. Output is held by a die-cast chassis with two thermostatically controlled internal fans. There is a native USB port, but be clear what it does: it is CAT rig control over a virtual serial port only — there is no built-in USB sound card. What to watch for buying used is mostly what Yaesu left out, plus how the rig has lived. There is no built-in antenna tuner — budget for a resonant antenna, Yaesu's optional FC-50 external auto-tuner made specifically for this rig (FC-40 and the ATAS-120A / ATAS-25 active antennas are also supported), or a third-party tuner; several owners note the FC-50 only handles about a 3:1 match, so it is for trimming near-resonant antennas, not fixing a bad one. The menu system is the other constant complaint — lots of functions buried in menus behind a small display and three programmable front keys, power and filter changes included, so make sure you can live with that before you buy, and check that settings are not stuck at defaults (owners note some settings, like bandwidth, revert when you change bands). Owners also report fan noise that gets loud on a long 100 W rag chew (much quieter around 50 W), a hiss in receive audio at high RF gain / volume in some reviews, and — on early-production units discussed in 2017–2018 threads — a CAT monitor clicking issue and digital-mode lock-ups that required a reset. Treat those last two as early-unit flags to test for, not as proven faults on every FT-891. Voltage is only shown briefly at power-up, which portable operators dislike, so battery users will want an external meter. On any specific used unit: confirm it boots cleanly past the Yaesu splash screen and stays on — our comp ledger includes a non-working FT-891 that would not boot past that screen, and a rig in that state is a parts/repair buy, not a $570 radio. Look hard at the display in photos and in person (one otherwise mint ledger unit carried a display comment, and early owners were split on the display — some praise it as large and easy to read, one early buyer said the real display resolution/clarity was well below the brochure images). Ask whether the rig has been MARS/CAP modified — modded units do appear in the sales record — and whether the sale includes the MH-31A8J hand mic, mobile bracket and fused DC lead, and any extras that move value: the YSK-891 front-panel separation kit (the kit that makes the detachable head actually usable remotely, with its control, mic and speaker extension cables) turned up bundled in one ledger sale, and an included FC-50 is real money you will otherwise spend. Finally, if you plan FT8 or other sound-card digital work, confirm the seller is including an external interface (for example Yaesu's SCU-17 or a Signalink-type unit) and the rear DATA cabling — the USB cable alone will not carry audio.
No. The FT-891 has no built-in automatic antenna tuner — ML&S lists "Built-in Automatic ATU: Not fitted" and Yaesu instead offers the FC-50 as an optional external, microprocessor-controlled tuner designed specifically for the FT-891, supplied with its interconnect cables. The radio does support Yaesu's ATAS-120A and ATAS-25 active tuning antennas, and many owners use a third-party auto-tuner (LDG tuners come up repeatedly in reviews) or simply run resonant antennas.
Yes, but not with the USB cable alone. The FT-891 has no internal sound card: its USB connection supports CAT rig control only and does not carry transmit/receive audio. For FT8, PSK31, WinLink and similar modes you need a separate audio/PTT path — an external interface such as Yaesu's SCU-17 or a Signalink-type unit connected to the rear DATA jack, plus the USB cable for CAT. With that interface in place the rig is widely used on digital modes. Note: one online buying-guide FAQ answers this question incorrectly, claiming the USB port "carries both control signals and audio" — do not rely on that answer; Yaesu, ML&S, Wikipedia and owner reports all agree it does not.
No on both counts. The FT-891 is HF + 6 meters only — there is no 2 m or 70 cm coverage at all — so it is not a one-radio-does-everything replacement for the FT-857D. What it gives you instead, in a slightly smaller package, is a newer, dedicated HF/6 m design with a considerably better receiver and DSP than the 857-era radios, which is why many owners moved from an FT-857D/FT-897D to the 891 for HF mobile work and kept a separate VHF/UHF rig.
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