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KT0DD

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I've inherited a Yaesu FT101EE from an estate and just checked it out today. It powers on, receives fair(??) and tuned up to approx. 150 watts out on a TX test. It has the typical scratchy / dirty controls and the audio cut out a little until I slightly smacked the top of the radio and then it came back. I need to know if anyone still does tune up / alignments on these? Seems a lot of techs are getting away from working on these old rigs. Thanks for any constructive replies.73.

Todd - KT0DD
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KB2WIG

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Check over on the AM Phone website. There should be someone over there to help.

http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php

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KD7RDZI2

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I've inherited a Yaesu FT101EE from an estate and just checked it out today. It powers on, receives fair(??) and tuned up to approx. 150 watts out on a TX test. It has the typical scratchy / dirty controls and the audio cut out a little until I slightly smacked the top of the radio and then it came back. I need to know if anyone still does tune up / alignments on these? Seems a lot of techs are getting away from working on these old rigs. Thanks for any constructive replies.73.

Todd - KT0DD

That's plenty of power! Maybe an alignment would not even needed. For scratchy switches and pots I would spray highly flammable isopropyl alcohol once everything is off and discharged to the pots, switches, tube sockets etc. Then I would test sensitivity with -107dbm (S3) signal source to hear the tone reasonably well. Then I would transmit, possibly low power, on a dummy load and hear myself on a radio without any antenna connected possibly with built in attenuators engaged. Paying attention whether the two sidebands sound equally good and the opposite sideband equally suppressed.
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