The 1976 Yaesu FT-301 marked Yaesu's shift away from tube finals: according to the Yaesu Museum it was "the first solid state final ham rig with a 100-watt output." It covers 160-10m (still without WARC bands, introduced later in 1979) with AM/SSB/CW/FSK.
Highlights
Solid-state final -- per the Yaesu Museum, Yaesu's first 100-watt amateur rig with a transistor final instead of tubesAdditional FSK mode for RTTY operationExtra receive coverage for CB frequencies and WWV/JJY time signalsNB, VOX, 11 optional crystal-controlled memory channelsNo WARC bands yet (these were only allocated in 1979)