The FT-450 arrived in 2008 as Yaesu's small, plain HF and 6 m rig, and the FT-450D followed with a 2010 manual. Rigpix lists the changes as backlit buttons, a narrower CW filter and the automatic tuner as standard. The rest stays simple. You get 100 W, an IF DSP receiver with contour, notch and noise reduction, a TCXO, 500 memories and two voice memories, in a box about 9 by 3.3 by 8.5 inches that weighs 8.8 lb. There are no crystal filters to hunt for, because the DSP sets the bandwidth. The built-in tuner matches 16.7 to 150 ohms, roughly a 3:1 SWR, so it trims an antenna that's already close. It won't load a long wire. Yaesu sold the FC-40 for that.
Bench check
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Check the listing photos against this list, and ask the seller about anything you can’t see. A missing piece should come off the price.
Yaesu's manual warns that reversed polarity, AC, or DC outside 13.8 V ±10% does permanent damage, and the tuner won't store a match above 3:1. Owner notes on mods.dk cover audio breakthrough on transmit.
New to used rigs? How to check a used ham radio covers power out, receive, the finals and the display, and what power supply a used rig needs explains the 13.8 V supply most rigs need.
Buying guide
Only two FT-450Ds are for sale, so $473 to $621 delivered isn't a market read. We'd buy nibiru2010's at $473 delivered, a US radio titled good working and shown lit with its hand mic. The other, from windward1314, is titled tested and also shown lit with its mic, but it ships from Japan for $82.50 and comes to $621. Neither title says what power it makes, so ask for a wattmeter reading into a dummy load on 80 m, 20 m, 10 m and 6 m. Budget for a separate 13.8 V supply good for 22 A, since there's none inside.
$473.00est. delivered
A US FT-450D titled good working at $473 delivered from a 99.2% seller, shown lit with its hand mic. Ask for a wattmeter reading on several bands, since the title doesn't say what power it makes.
Yaesu FT-450D HF/50MHz 100W Transceiver Amateur Ham Radio Good Working
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Used$473.00est. delivered
$450.00 + $23.00 shipping
Buy It Now$450.00
Good buy
Titled good working. Photo shows it lit with a hand mic.
Seller: nibiru2010
99.2% positive
Used$620.50est. delivered
$538.00 + $82.50 shipping
Buy It Now$538.00
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Titled tested. Ships from Japan for $82.50; photo shows it lit with a mic.
Seller: windward1314
100% positive
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