The ft101zd series were not bad, but the other ft101 series radios were not as good as the kenwood ts520 series. This will make the driver tune in the 40meter position and the final will dip around the 20meter position. The ft101 is one of the few radios that require neutralization. Ft101 parts with alignment serviceall old parts are returned for your inspectionpart description price. One time i replaced my driver tube with a ge tube 1970 and lost 40 watts of drive. Input power is a beefy 260 watts pep on ssb, 180 watts on cw 50% duty cycle and 80 watts am lower on 160 and 10 meters. Before attempting this conversion, know that there are dangerous and potentially lethal voltages involved. High quality dynamic microphone to suit many yaesu transceivers, with 4 pin round metal connector. One suggestion ive received is to peak the plate and preselect, then. Connect a jumper from the 20meter driver coil tab, to the wwv driver tab. Its solid state features offer highperformance, lowcurrent characteristics and its tube amplifier provides an almost mismatchresistant. It was my first hf radio and my entire ft 101 station above is fully operational even today.
Replacement microphone for yaesu ft7 ft101zd ft301. If so, i suspect the coil in the anode of the driver that forms the tuned circuit has been damaged this is one of the permeabilitytuned cans, t103 and possibly the extra inductor for the lower bands, t105a. This is your onestop shopping for all of your ft 101 repair and alignment needs. Yaesu ft101ee ft 101ee ft101ee programming interface schematics for yaesu. Welcome thank you for visiting the yaesu ft 101 repair and alignment website. With the fried wire replaced, tank coil repaired and cleaned, the switch wafers cleaned and everything reassembled, we have output power and the pa current now dips as it should. Later models in the series ft101 b ef had a plug in noise blanker boards such as pb1582b shown below. I replaced the 6js6c sweep tubes with rca brand and had no problem neutralizing the finals. Ft101 is a set that combines a solid state transmitter, receiver and a tube final amplifier. Ive been using my ft101 line for awhile, but want to make sure im tuning up properly when operating am. Purpose the purpose of this website is to capture and document the yaesu ft101 series radios during the early 1970s. This ft101 owner fell right into the cinchjones bites man trap, a problem as old as the ft101 itself. This is a 6pdt 18 pins plus 2 for coil connections.
The ft101e is truly a collectors item for the vintage ham radio enthusiast and represents one of the best of the 70s in hf gear. However there are some really cool modifications for the ft101 series in the fox tango news letters that are minor modifications to the circuitry while keeping the cosmetics in tack. I just got a wonderful old ft101ee for a song and it works flawlessly. The ft 101 is one of the few radios that require neutralization. I can not stress enough you can use the cinch jones connector as a power plug for your ft101 series transceiver, however you must be very careful to wire it as per the photo above showing the japanese type tocon connector on the left.
Ive owned three ft101s, an early straight ft101, a ft101e and ft101ee. When i key the mic i can hear the relay switch on and the meter swings left reverse modulation. Yaesu ft101e, yaesu ft101ee, yaesu ft101ex transceiver. Converting ft101 rigs from sweep tubes to 6146b type finals important note. It has taken me 12 years to collect a transceiver and every accessory to make a complete station. If you ask me, this is all part of the fun of being an amateur radio operator, with todays rigs most people are reluctant to go into them due to their complexity. I went back and exchanged the ge for a raytheon and my power came back. It was my late grandfathers and he used this rig regularly. Dedicated to alignment and repair of the original yaesu ft101 transceivers. Yaesu ft101ee ft 101ee ft101ee service manual and specs yaesu ft101zd ft 101zd ft101zd service manual and specs yaesu ft102 ft 102 ft102 service manual and specs yaesu ft107 ft 107 ft107 service manual and specs yaesu ft200 ft 200 ft200 service manual and specs yaesu ft201 ft 201 ft201 service manual and specs.
Converting ft101 rigs from sweep tubes to 6146b type finals. This model was manufactured as a series of progressive versions starting with the plain ft101, and finally ending with the ft101zd. Just recently got a yaesu ft101e that needed some alignment and the only thing i cant seem to get accurate is the neutralization, the best i can do is to rotate the adjustable plate capacitor till i get the lowest output. Never had a problem with the band switch on the early one, guess i was lucky. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Yaesu ft100d ft 100 d ft100d user and service manual. Converting ft 101 rigs from sweep tubes to 6146b type finals important note. View online or download yaesu ft101e instruction manual, manual. I encourage your feedback, corrections, and additions. I stayed with rayethon for years and had very good luck. Purpose the purpose of this website is to capture and document the yaesu ft 101 series radios during the early 1970s. Yaesu ft10r ft 10 r ft10r service manual and specs yaesu ft11r ft 11 r ft11r service manual and specs yaesu ft23r ft 23 r ft23r service manual and specs yaesu ft26 ft 26 ft26 service manual and specs yaesu ft33r ft 33 r ft33r service manual and specs. Yaesu ft101 is a model line of modular amateur radio transceivers, built by the yaesu corporation in japan during the 1970s and 1980s. This series of radio had to be one of the most popular and best selling of any h.
Features added in this new b version include vfo warning light, clarifier. The yaesu ft101b is a solidstate except finals and driver stage transceiver covering 160 through 10 meters in usb, lsb, cw and am modes. Modifications for the yaesu ft101 ft101 series, convet 11 meter to 12 meter. Compatible with yaesu transceivers with 4pin microphone connector and low impedance input, including. There is an excellent yahoo group dedicated to the kenwood hybrid radios. This is a complete electrolytic capacitor replacement kit except the two 100uf500v caps check my view other items for these caps for the yaesu ft101eeeex transceiver. It even came with a matching yaesu external speaker, heathkit electronic keyer, an rf meter, a watt meter, a swr meter, and some sort of desktype mic.
When you take the top off of the 101 e there is a ssb filter, then in front of that, there is a small 1 x 1 black square box with 4 pins. A full stripdown of the final compartment was needed. After a lot of head scratching and watching the biass filter caps blow to bits twice, i found that the female card edge connector on the main frame had a shorted pair of pins in it. The high voltage rfc was ok, the coupling caps checked out ok but the tank coil itself was open circuit. I was talking to a friend that asked me if mine had an am filter on it. Yaesu ft101 radio parts relay socket rl 1 you are buying the relay socket for rl1 relay for the yaesu ft101 series radios. So you either add coils or you can jump the band switch in the driver portion and the final section. Unless you are absolutely certain that you know what you are doing and have taken the proper precautions, do not perform this conversion. See a lot of very special 101 line links to other, great pages from all over the world. In the case of the original late model ft101 there was a noise blanker which included the crystal control board pb1182 this unit was installed on top of the vfo and the interconnection of this module were wired directly without using. Here you are purchasing a total of 1 yaesu preselector assembly. This is a yaesu ft101e that only puts out about 20 watts on 10, 12, 20 meters, yes, the 15 meter band has been replaced with the 12 meter band and on the rest of the bands few. Full text of 73 magazine july 1982 internet archive. The coupling cap from the plate of the driver to the grids of the finals shorted and started a chain reaction failure taking out all sorts of stuff.
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