They are not loud at all but yes, you can hear them.
A couple of other things I noticed-
The top left corner of the display (S-meter) started flickering. It resolved when i power cycled it and didn’t do it again.
The CW memories are erased each time the power is shut off.
Did you get the Optima add-on too or the Field version? I can’t understand why Yaesu left out GPS (other than a money grab)? Bluetooth I sort of understand, but if the IC-705 can do it, why can’t the FTX-1F?
Enjoy the radio though, looks like a nice little rig.
I got the Optima version.
I was a bit surprised at the lack of GPS also…an add-on hanging off the side seems fragile.
Those connectors from the base unit to the head seem like they’ll only last so long too.
The head unit reminds me a lot of the FTM-500/510 (does it have RASP for 2m and 70cm?). Shades of 710 too. Looks good in my opinion.
All videos I’ve seen that demonstrate CW mode are revealing a poor wave shape in the side tone. Very disturbing clicks on make and break. I’ve also seen reference to the FT10 (not sure of exact model code) having the same problem and some have been on-sold within months of purchase. .
It would drive me nuts. I do have reduced high frequency hearing due to age, but anyone of tender years (below 60?) would find it difficult to use.
Not something I would have expected. The 817 is much better designed.
Andrew VK1DA/VK2DA
Yaesu completely re-laid-out the main pcb at an early stage, probably to fix spurii, guessing from the changes. They then kept tweaking the design for years. It didn’t emerge blinking from the womb in a state of perfection.
I’m sure the FTX1f has a few years of firmware updates, and hardware revisions to come.
It’s overall much more attractive than the '705 for me, but like the '705, not a SOTA radio. I see the dual receive being pretty useful in VHF contests.
Perhaps a bit far-fetched: But I believe that in same large companies these days, few developers have experience in active radio operation, especially portable ones. And even fewer in telegraphy.
My KX2 and QMX show that things can be different.
73 Chris
My FT817 behaves very well and it has a February 2001 date code.
Yes, lets spend serious money designing new software/hardware and not actually do any focus group testing before we release it.
What will actually have happened is that the keying sidetone improvements will have been noted but will be down the list of other software jobs, like making it functional. It will be attended to in a software update at some point, you can bet.
It’s why you never buy version 1 software 
I’d suggest sending early software to Andrew @VK1AD who is easily the world’s best alpha tester. Yaesu have missed an opportunity here