Re: Looking for sp 980
There's an SP-980 on the auction site at the moment.
Note there are two versions of the speaker, as with the SP-101, 102 and 901. One has a phone patch built in; the other, a switchable passive audio
By
Fred, N8YX
·
#187
·
|
Re: Looking for sp 980
Sure will Mat.
Next time I’m at the station I’ll look into it and let everyone know what’s what. I’ll check that it is still functional etc first!
Phil
Sent: Monday, 13 September
By
Phil VK4KW / VK4BAA
·
#186
·
|
Re: Looking for sp 980
If you do, broadcast/ping to the group. The "paper" speaker that Yaesu used appears to be high quality: see the article I put in the files section. The impedance is certainly matched.
--
-Mat Breton,
By
Mat Breton N8TW
·
#185
·
|
Re: Looking for sp 980
well would be nice to have one. Wonder what shipping would be to La from VK? Randy
________________________________
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2021 5:13 PM
To: [email protected]
By
emersombiguns2002@...
·
#184
·
|
Re: Looking for sp 980
I had no idea that the speakers were rare. I have 2 of them….
Maybe I should put them onto eBay – I don’t tend to use them…….
Phil
VK4BAA / VK4KW
Sent: Saturday, 11 September
By
Phil VK4KW / VK4BAA
·
#183
·
|
Re: Looking for sp 980
Hi,
?? please note that the SP-980 and the SP-102 (or 767) are not? compatible in size since the FT-102 (or 767, 736) are lower in height respect to the FT-980, even if the front panel's designs
By
IN3FTD
·
#182
·
|
Re: Looking for sp 980
One of the greatest analog receivers ... I don't think Yaesu had anything like it until the FT-1000 came out a decade later. And the PA is so overdesigned you can operate continuous at 100W.
The
By
Mat Breton N8TW
·
#181
·
|
Looking for sp 980
I was given a ft 980 in pieces and after cleaning and replacing a 20 pin IC in PLL I have it working great! What a rig. Bought a MD1 for it, and now need the matching speaker. I think I want to keep
By
emersombiguns2002@...
·
#180
·
|
Re: Still Kicking after 40 Years ...
I'll be running my FT-980 on RTTY for the NAQP contest this weekend. I use AFSK w/ fldigi via a SignalinkUSB interface.
The setup works well (also use it for FT4/8), and I have no fear running the
By
Mat Breton N8TW
·
#179
·
|
Re: Fail fixing and frontend bandpass review
Hi Fred, thank you very much for your comment. I'll consider that when I'll start the tx review! I'll follow the steps present in Service Manual but I also want to check the dynamic behaviour of
By
e.tallone@...
·
#178
·
|
Re: FT-980 tuning issues
Getting back to this one (after spending time on other projects, radio and real-world alike):
If I let the rig in question thoroughly warm up, it won't tune at all in either direction with the VFO -
By
Fred, N8YX
·
#177
·
|
Re: Fail fixing and frontend bandpass review
Enrico,
I have four '980s. All of them exhibit a condition wherein a carrier of, say, more than 30w will cause ALC saturation - and as a result, output power will creep up to the maximum set point
By
Fred, N8YX
·
#176
·
|
Re: Fail fixing and frontend bandpass review
Dear Mat, sorry I was very busy and weren't able to reply to you soon.
I wasn't able to find the data sheet of the TDK Caps, but your proposal seems better than mine (tantalum caps)! Please note
By
e.tallone@...
·
#175
·
|
Re: FT-980 tuning issues
Wow: there have been a few "douzies" submitted recently. This is another one that doesn't trigger anything in particular:
I haven't seen anything like this with my one 1983 rig. BTW, it performed
By
Mat Breton N8TW
·
#174
·
|
FT-980 tuning issues
Got one with an interesting problem that I thought I'd throw out to the group before digging into it:
The particular '980 in question was my main 20-40-75M rig for a number of years, where it's
By
Fred, N8YX
·
#173
·
|
Re: Fail fixing and frontend bandpass review
I wonder if I could drop in an MLCC ceramic in place the electrolytic: TDK?FG14X5R1E226MRT00 for example would have negligible ESR and parasitics well past 100MHz. Definitely added to the list to
By
Mat Breton N8TW
·
#172
·
|
Re: Power on the no switch to receiver….
First off, congrats on having TWO FT-980's!
Wow: I watched this video twice. I haven't seen this one before.? I'm going to have to mull this on over.
First off, I'm not sure why the FM VFD segment
By
Mat Breton N8TW
·
#171
·
|
Re: Power on the no switch to receiver….
Hi Mat,
Here is a quick video clip of the actual issue.
https://youtu.be/K55xHA8SkGo
I did notice that while making this video clip, the receiver seems to switch on when the mode switch is in the FM
By
Len Signoretti N2LEN
·
#170
·
|
Re: Fail fixing and frontend bandpass review
Hi Mat, thanks for your kind reply. Sorry for pictures not being uploaded, I'll try again right now.
I do not have VNA, I'm thinking to buy NanoVNA because I read very positive reviews, but now I use
By
e.tallone@...
·
#169
·
|
Re: Fail fixing and frontend bandpass review
Hi Enrico,
I'm very interested in your work. Unfortunately your pictures did not make it through. Can you link through dropbox, or maybe try again?
Do you have access to a VNA (like a nanoVNA)? It
By
Mat Breton N8TW
·
#168
·
|