Re: Looking for main tuning knob.
Thanks, Lex, for that 3D-printed knob design. I was lucky enough to find an original knob on eBay. Also, thank Cesar for your reply. This is one neat radio. I am researching a suitable AM transmitter
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Andrew
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Re: Looking for main tuning knob.
The knobs of the first model FT-101? look like the on a FRG-7.
But the knobs you are pointing to in the e-bay link are from the newer models of the FT-101 (E, ET, Z, MD etc) and look like the one's
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Lex PH2LB
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Re: Looking for main tuning knob.
Read that ft 101 is the same. Found
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Cesar Jimenez
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Re: Looking for main tuning knob.
Hello Andrew,
These are very hard to come by. I had the same problem and often 3D print parts, I designed my own (as close as to the orginal as
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Lex PH2LB
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Looking for main tuning knob.
Wondering if anyone has the main tuning knob they would be willing to sell?
Andrew
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Andrew
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Re: Digital readout
I should have mentioned my goal is to replace the kHz drum with a 3 digit display
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MikeM
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Re: Digital readout
I used some of these many years ago and they were awesome deals
unfortunately they are discontinued
https://www.pongrance.com/
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MikeM
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Re: Digital readout
Thanks but my budget is around $20
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MikeM
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Re: Digital readout
Mike M.
See the link below which has my review of the Electronic Specialty
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R.F.Butterfield
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Re: Digital readout
Hi Paolo,
Thanks for the display info. I copied your pdf's over to the files section and added translated english versions as well:
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Roger VE7LB
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Re: Digital readout
Hi, please look at the attached articles (unfortunately they are written in Italian, but almost easy to be read).
Good work, regards!
Paolo Viappiani
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Paolo Viappiani
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Digital readout
has anyone added digital readout to their FRG-7 this year ?
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MikeM
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L101 pin not soldered
I just took delivery of a fixer upper FRG-7. I did a full alignment but was still disappointment with the results of this receiver. So I put in on the bench and found that L101 (4 coils on a rod after
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Bruce Forsberg
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Re: Another 3D printed knob for the FRG-7 added to my collection.
Great job Lex,
I have two suggestions:
I believe that spun replacements for the metallic inserts are available from restoration places but may have to be cut to fit.
If you use ABS in black you can
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John KC9OJV
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Another 3D printed knob for the FRG-7 added to my collection.
Recently I got a question from a fellow ham if I have a replacement knob for the Fine-Tune. Unfortunatly I didn't but told them that I wanted to 3D design all the knobs of the FRG-7.
So during my
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Lex PH2LB
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Re: FRG-7 lock light problem
I have noticed that the lock light in my FRG-7 dims with humidity. I doubt this is the problem that yitzimarks@... is observing, but I toss this observation in to see if anyone else has seen that
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Gary Thorburn
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FRG-8800 keypads
Hi,
I hope it's not too off-topic to discuss the 8800 here as I can't find a dedicated group for this RX. Mine has problems with excessive contact bounce in the numeric keypad. What is the
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Nick G4IRX
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Re: FRG-7 lock light problem
Hi, just go through the area with a soldering iron and reflow all the connections. The main components that control the Led are Q110 and Q111, plus the surrounding resistors and capacitors. I assume
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Robert O'donnell
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Re: FRG-7 lock light problem
Thanks for the explanation.
Last night I tested the voltage at the joint of the led wire. It was 1.45v when the led was working (fist time starting the radio after letting it sit for a few hours)
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yitzimarks@...
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Re: FRG-7 lock light problem
It gets worse because when the radio is on it heats up. The bad joint opens because of Thermal expantion. It might not be the wire for the Led, it could be any of the transistors, resistors, etc
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Robert O'donnell
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