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ZL3MH/TPK 1.82 Msg #:724 Date:07-01-05 Time:6:18Z
Running a budget Station on the Ham Bands that
you can fix yourself. This is what I use.
I looked at the repair of the FT-ONE, FT101,
FT901, FT902, FT301, FT7 are the rigs that
are the easy to fix. The 301 is too old,
The FT-ONE, the early models were down on
receive, the 101b+e is too old with TV sweep
tube finals and a reciever that on todays
market is below par. That leaves the 901,
902 which are very good but not to many
were imported into ZL as they were about
$2000 at the time and new solid state
rigs where comming out like the IC701 ,
TS120,130 etc. The 701 was a nightmare
to fix and not many are left going now.
The 120, 130, had a band change switch
sandwiched between two boards that made
it extremely hard to fix. All thou,s
old Yaesu rigs had plug in Boards that
generally made them easy to fix except
if the synthesizer packed up like in
the FT-ONE, that would be the end of the
rig, bar spare parts. There is one that
I have not mentioned the FT101zd MK1,2,3.
That is one I have gone for . All except the
IF and RF boards are plug in and easy to get
at. The above two boards are on a plug in
and out system of about 3 to 4 connectors
and extension leads can be made up. Lots
were imported into ZL and they cost
from $1300 to $1500. Now a MK3 in brand
new condition can be picked up for $500
and one that is not too good for next to
nothing , say for parts. I got a MK2
for $100 with the Transmiter not going
properly. This has IF width/shift, warc
bands, moble power unit, narrow cw filter,
fan, AM board and digital read out.
The MK3 had a APF, Notch and FM board if
installed and they work real well.
They have a very good noise blanker which
is adjustable as we are surounded by 11 kv
power lines, 6146 finals, digital read
out and the MK3 has a remote memory
digital vfo ( FV101dm ). It is reletively
easy to fix and keep going these
15kg heavy weights than most other rigs
except the FT901, FT902 which has all plug
in boards and FM and AM as standard. I also
have the FL2100b, FTV650b ( 50w 6m ) and the
FTV250 2m transverters on one of my FT101zd's.
The other rigs for 2m that are easy to repair
are the FT221 and the FT225 which also have
plug in Boards.
My HF station is the FT101zd MK3 > FV101dm > FL2100b
and the VHF station is the FT101zd mk2 > FTV650b
( 6M 50w ) > FTV250 > AM17 ( 2m 500W ). Both
Transverters are linked together with a 11 pin
ACC connection lead which loops in and out from
the FT101zd. Finally I am interested in 6 and 2m
DX, Amateur Radio Saterlites and SSTV.
Bye now ZL3MH Murray
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