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Median sold price per month from 9 sold listings (Nov '24–May '26). Down ~11% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2026 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,350 | SOLD |
| Mar 2026 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,400 | SOLD |
| Dec 2025 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,400 | SOLD |
| Aug 2025 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,600 | SOLD |
| Aug 2025 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,700 | SOLD |
| Aug 2025 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,150 | SOLD |
| May 2025 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,500 | SOLD |
| Jan 2025 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,250 | SOLD |
| Nov 2024 | Yaesu FTDX101D | $2,650 | SOLD |
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The FTDX101D is Yaesu's 100-watt HF + 6-meter flagship-class base transceiver — 160 through 6 meters, SSB / CW / AM / FM / RTTY and digital modes, running from a user-supplied 13.8 V DC supply. It first appeared at the 2018 Hamvention and was reviewed in the November 2019 QST, so used examples are now old enough to show up at a real discount to new. Its party trick is a hybrid SDR design: a down-conversion narrow-band SDR receiver with crystal roofing filters does the actual listening, while a direct-sampling SDR drives the real-time spectrum scope. That is the combination Yaesu built its reputation for this radio on — pulling a weak signal out from next to a strong one in contests and pileups. What makes it good is the receiver numbers, and they are not just brochure copy. Yaesu quotes 123 dB+ reciprocal-mixing dynamic range, 150 dB+ blocking dynamic range, and 110 dB+ third-order IMD dynamic range at 2 kHz spacing, with -150 dBc/Hz phase noise at 2 kHz. Sherwood Engineering's independent test of a production unit (serial 9F010008, test starting 10 May 2019) measured 110 dB dynamic range at 2 kHz spacing and 124 dB RMDR at 2.5 kHz, and Yaesu has long promoted the model as Sherwood's "#1 Highest Performing Receiver" — treat that as a period ranking from its launch era, not a claim about today's table. You also get two completely independent receivers, VC Tune on the main receiver — a motor-driven variable-capacitor RF preselector Yaesu rates at up to -70 dB attenuation of strong off-frequency signals — and a 7-inch colour touch display with Yaesu's 3DSS (3-Dimensional Spectrum Stream) view alongside a conventional waterfall. For a bargain hunter, the exact build of the individual radio matters more than the model name. Standard on the D are 12 kHz, 3 kHz and 600 Hz roofing filters in both main and sub receivers, and VC Tune in the main receiver only. The 300 Hz CW and 1.2 kHz SSB roofing filters (main and/or sub) and a second VC Tune unit for the sub receiver were factory / Yaesu-only options — DX Engineering's listing is explicit that a standard stock radio "cannot be internally upgraded by the user," so a used radio either left Yaesu with those options or it does not have them. Ask the seller, in writing, exactly which optional filters and whether a sub-receiver VC Tune are fitted, whether the stock hand microphone is included, and whether an SP-101 speaker is part of the deal — our own comp ledger shows those items are what move the value on this model, up and down. A bare radio with no mic is not the same buy as a loaded one with the extra CW filter and speaker, even at the same asking price. Watch-outs from owners and testers, all sourced below: early test and reflector reports documented transmit power overshoot at the start of a transmission — Sherwood flagged it as a risk when driving a linear amplifier, and a later groups.io thread reported a residual ~20% slow overshoot even after Yaesu addressed the earlier sharp spike — so if you run an amp, ask how the radio behaves on the first syllable / first dit and test carefully at low drive first. Ergonomics are the other recurring complaint: there is no dedicated RF power knob (power is set through a menu / multifunction control, assignable to the C.S. key), the menu system and small fonts are criticised in eHam reviews summarised online, and some long-term owners say they rarely used the second receiver or found VC Tune fiddly to operate. None of that undoes the receiver — but it is why you should hands-on one if you can, and why a clean, fully-optioned, fully-accessorised example is the one worth paying up for.
The front panels and receivers are essentially the same; the differences are power, power supply, and standard-fit options. The D is 100 W (US manual: 5–100 W, 5–25 W AM carrier), runs on 13.8 V DC from your own supply, has VC Tune standard on the main receiver only (sub is an option), and the 300 Hz CW roofing filter is an option for both receivers. The MP is 200 W, runs from the supplied FPS-101 AC external power supply (which has a speaker built in) and cannot run directly from a 13.8 V battery supply, has VC Tune standard on both receivers, and has the 300 Hz CW filter standard on the main receiver. An MP listing is not a D listing — check the badge, the power supply in the photos, and the rated output before comparing prices.
For most operators, the consensus in that thread was no. The stock radio already has 12 kHz / 3 kHz / 600 Hz roofing filters in both receivers and VC Tune on the main receiver, and experienced contest owners there called that combination "excellent" on its own, noting the DSP bandwidth control does much of the narrow-CW work (one contester keeps DSP at ~350 Hz, where a 300 Hz roofing filter adds little) and saw little use for the 1.2 kHz SSB filter. That matters for used buying in both directions: do not overpay a big premium just because a listing says "fully loaded," but do confirm what is fitted — because the optional filters and sub VC Tune were Yaesu-only installs, you generally cannot add them yourself later to a stock radio.
Early radios, yes — this is documented, not rumour. Sherwood's 2019 test reported output power overshoot on CW and "even more so on SSB," with peaks well above a 30 W setting when set up for typical low-drive amplifier use, and noted reflector reports of amplifiers faulting on SSB because of it. The 2021 groups.io thread said Yaesu appeared to have fixed the earlier sharp leading-edge spike, but the poster measured a slower ~20% overshoot decaying over about 100 ms at the start of a transmission on five FTDX101s (D and MP), and warned that could fault amplifiers with sensitive grids/screens. This draft does not establish the status on later-production or firmware / hardware-updated units — flagged as uncertain, see below. Practical buying advice: ask the seller about overshoot / amplifier use, and if you run an amp, start at low drive with a peak-reading meter before trusting it.
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