Re: FT-101 only transmits on 40m
Take a look at the Heterodyne crystal board visible on the top chassis near the right front of the radio. Are all the crystals there?
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Roger VE7LB
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FT-101 only transmits on 40m
Hi,
I got this FT-101 about 2 years ago. I went through some checks to make sure tubes were neutralized and no obvious burned parts. Still has original tubes
It seems to transmit and receive quite
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Pil Joo
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Thanks, Claude.? Another item for the list...
TH
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Tom ai4th
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Ello Tom,
I had the same problem and I found that it was the Speech processor.
Check it out, if its not your relay.
Good luck.
73
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Claude VE2YI
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Dang it.? Me again.
Got my 101B working.? Made QSO's in New Hampshire and Mississippi from VA. Then it stopped modulating USB and LSB.? Still puts out signal on tune and AM. Back to the service
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Tom ai4th
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Hi Pat,
I bought mine back in the late 70's just getting started with my Novice license.? A career and decades later decided to get back into Ham radio.? For now, thinking about carefully checking
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Dan
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
My FT101B originally belonged to my dad.? I put it on the air every month or so, always on CW.? Decided to recap it to learn more about the radio and get better at soldering in tricky situations.?
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Pat Carter, N4IU
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
My ft101b functioned for about 5 minutes when I first bought it. On my
first attempt to transmit with it the PA system gave up the ghost almost
immediately. Turned out the rectifier board had several
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Tom ai4th
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Dan,
I'm not sure what it will need when I'm finished with the recap.? So far when I test, I'm hearing stations where they are spotted, and when I call CQ I'm spotted on frequency.? I haven't taken
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Pat Carter, N4IU
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Pat,
I checked on eBay where I bought my recap kit for the FT-101E, but it doesn't show the reference designators.? The E version doesn't have C142, C143 otherwise I would open mind up and see.?
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Dan
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Tom, not sure my answer posted.? I found T12 on the schematic. I can't find any documentation showing that T12 is supposed to have an electrolytic cap? between its leads.? Wondering if your T-12
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Pat Carter, N4IU
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
My version of the service manual lists T12 on the main board (
http://www.manualslib.com/. Highly recommended.) . It is an AF choke,
20mH, 0.5 A. I have not found it on the schematic, but have not
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Tom ai4th
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Dan, thank you for searching.? The caps are 1uF and 100uF.? I also have replacements for the C78 and C77 caps in your picture but that is a separate project.
I did buy a kit and there were extra
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Pat Carter, N4IU
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Tom, thanks for looking. I'm about ready to chalk it up to an undocumented change.? I found another anomaly while working on the chassis.? There is a large transfomer on the bottom of the unit that
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Pat Carter, N4IU
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Hi Pat,
I checked the service manual and schematic for C142, C143 but could not locate these parts.? Can you provide that schematic.? If you already have the two capacitors, do they look like this
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Dan
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Re: Electrolytics - FT-101B
Looked this morning on 2 different documents for your caps and could not find them either. I feel your pain.?? Just now I'm trying to resurrect a 101B purchased in working order (hah!).? I
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Tom ai4th
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Electrolytics - FT-101B
Hello, I have been replacing the electrolytic capacitors in my radio, and have gotten down to C142 and C143 listed on the parts list as being on the main chassis.? I can't find them either on the
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Pat Carter, N4IU
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Re: FR-101D with LED display?
Erwin,
Thank you so much for the schematic for the PB-1827 LED version. I have one of these LED receivers as well as several of the more common VFD versions and have never been able to find any
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Thomas Gugler
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Re: FR-101D with LED display?
GOT IT!
I found a "Yaesu FR-101 Digital Counter Unit instruction manual" with discription and partlist of the VFD tubes version BUT with a schematic of the PB-1827 LED version. I uploaded it to the
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PA3DAF
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Re: No SSB Tx - Help!
Hello again to the Group.
I have swapped out the PB-1534 from the working unit to my faulty one which had no SSB Tx?and have resolved the "No-SSB" problem.?So if ever you have no SSB drive (or SSB
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Claude VE2YI
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