Re: New to me FT-101B
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Installed currently in 10D: crystal is 32.5200
Installed currently in 11: crystal is 32.020
10D should be 35.5200
11 should be 33.020
33.020 and 32.520. Translates to 26.000 and 26.500
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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Re: New to me FT-101B
https://rogerkennedy.co.uk/g3yro/ft101alignment.htm
Take a look at this link. The author is a highly respected 101 service guy for Yaesu in Great Britain and is a wealth of wisdom. I resuscitated my
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Tom ai4th
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Re: New to me FT-101B
I have everything back together and all is working....almost all working.
Band 10D is deaf. It does not hear the internal 100 or 25KHz generated tone. I have not begun to perform an alignment as I am
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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Re: New to me FT-101B
I finished up all the parts replacements (caps, resistors) on my FT-101B today.Throughout the past week or so, I powered up the rig twice for a smoke test and both time it passed with no burn marks
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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This is gonna sound cryptic......but it also makes perfect sense too.
TARN-X!!!!!!!!!!!! OH-FREAKN' MY!!!!!!
Big Grin.
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Butch - KA?WWT
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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Re: New to me FT-101B
I really appreciate your feedback.
Good luck with your 101, hope soon we can see some picture when is complete.
73
OA4BMG
Claudio Bio
groups.io <ka0wwt@...> escribi¨®:
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Claudio Bio
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Re: New to me FT-101B
The electrolytic caps I bought from a dealer on eBay that specialized in the kits for the FT series radios.
https://www.ebay.com/str/kk4hxj?_trksid=p4429486.m3561.l161211
The particular resistor you
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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Hello Butch
You are in the process that I need to start.
It¡¯s not easy at all for those of us who do it for the first time.
Here in Peru is not too easy to found parts for old stuff.
I ordered
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Claudio Bio
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I got through the toughest part, for me anyway, of the electrolytic cap change today. The power cap¡¯s, are finally done. It was a challenge to come up with how to get the wires soldered to the new
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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Re: 101zd External VFO issue
This is normal behavior without an external VFO Alex.
Erwin, PA3DAF
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PA3DAF
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Re: 101zd External VFO issue
Would appreciate if someone who owns a FT-101ZD could tell me how their VFO display behaves without external VFO connected and when switched to " EXT " " TX-EXT ", " EXT-RX "?
Does the digital display
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KQ4NUO
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101zd External VFO issue
My FT-101ZD? (ZSD) radio exhibits strange behavior with external VFO. I took a chance and purchased a used FV-101DM and can¡¯t get it working. I purchased 2 ¡®new¡¯ interface cables to go with the
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KQ4NUO
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Congratulations OM.? Been there, done that on the caps.? So I can also say your confidence is well earned.? This is quite a rig to do cap swaps on.? There must be a millon of those damned green
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Jeff AC0C
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I just finished (sorta, 3 to go) the cap replacement on all the removable boards. The worst of all was the cap in the 1180 module. But, I got it.
I decided I was gonna find out sooner or later, so
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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Good luck.
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Ian Chappel
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Well, I finally have all the initial parts to begin the process of the resurrection of my FT-101B. The Heathkit VTVM will be here today and I will get that inspected, cleaned up, and
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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Re: FT-101ZD intermittent reduced output on 80m only
Jacques, your guess was correct, pretty clever thinking.
Thank you for replying to message with your help.
*C9:*
It was labeled NTK 112K, only have a multimeter and it measured open (no
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KQ4NUO
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Re: FT-101ZD intermittent reduced output on 80m only
Hi Alex,
Call it an educated guess if you like, but I believe that C9 in the output
tank section, is defective (ceramic, 100pF, 3kV rating cap).
73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal
SYMPTOMS:
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Jacques Fortin VE2JFE
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FT-101ZD intermittent reduced output on 80m only
SYMPTOMS:
- Full output power (sometimes) on 80m only.
- Reduced output power only at ca. 50% intermittently (sometimes) and on 80m only.
- All other bands operate normally.
Otherwise the transceiver
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KQ4NUO
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Re: Test Equipment Suggestions
Thanks for your suggestions Bruce.
I have both a DVM and an old analog Simpson 260 VM. I love analog meters. An O¡¯scope is the one thing I don¡¯t have but I do have access to one. I have use
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Butchie_T - KA?WWT
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