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If you are looking to purchase older ham radios these are my favorite units. We will talk a little about the pros and cons of each.
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[@PapasDino]

My first "real radio" was the Drake TR-4...set the stage for 52 years of hamdom for me! ;-) 73 - Dino KLØS

[@extreme978]

buddy i love your videos, i could listen to you all day long.

[@624radicalham]

Buddy, I'm' very pleased you're doing a new FT101 project. I've commented before several times on this because I've been waiting since 2016 or so for the conclusion of your FT101 Repair series. At the time you mentioned you were backlogged and busy and would get to it, but it never happened. You have another unique opportunity now to start and finish a series of FT-101 repair videos. In particular what I'm looking for is to actually see how to perform a full alignment on the radio from start to finish. That was the video part that never came back in the day. Please Buddy, do a full alignment on an FT101 so us lovers of FT101's can visually see how it's done, not just by reading a service manual. That and a proper neutralization of the finals. You have everything brother. You have the right equipment in your lab so please do that! All the best my friend

[@Joe-KN4IFI]

My first rig back when I was a Novice was the Yaesu FT-101EX I bought new. I loved that radio. Thanks Buddy for the walk down memory lane. 73 Joe KN4IFI

[@johnrazor8720]

I can’t wait to see you work on each and everyone of these old units. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. John

[@timothyone1]

yOU TAUGHT ME TO REPAIR MY FIRST RIG, THE IC 745. THEN USED THAT KNOWLEDGE TO REPAIR AN IC 751A. THEY HAVE BOTH WORKED WELL FOR SEVERAL YEARS. i LOVE THEM BOTH. MORE THAN MY IC 7300. I THINK OF YOU MANY TIMES I MAKE A EXTRA DX CONTACT. i GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS. I MAY NOW START LOOKING FOR A FT 101 OR MAYBE A DRAKE TR4.

[@old64goat]

Some great information Buddy, Thanks for the video.

[@rohnkd4hct260]

Love old equipment

[@shawjw247]

Great video, owner of TS-520S N8NSK

[@elliotspencer2648]

A lot of my ham radio and cb radio stuff is from the 1970s and 1980s, easy to use, repair and maintain!.

[@DK5ONV]

I should have kept my IC-745 but it had aging symtoms after 29 years in daily use and I wasn't able to fix them so I sold it to an eldery HAM Op who replaced the faulty parts in nearly no time and he has a fully working TRX again.

[@tommybewick]

I love my TS-520! Great radio with great output audio. Always get good reports. They're fun to tune up and use too. 73, Tom k2bew

[@DonDegidio]

Hi Buddy,

[@bmh67wa]

Digi-Key part number 2447-GKG20015-ND. It's a two lead 5-20PF 100V ceramic trimmer cap that works well in the Icom. They're under a dollar and can be purchased in bulk.

[@bblod4896]

Great information Buddy. Luckily, there is a large library of repair information out there. Finding some unique components are a whole other story though.

[@hayseed5467]

Valuable inside info. Thanks for sharing it with us. 73 de WBØDVM.

[@CraigPetersen12f36b]

Ah yes, the old plastic trimmers. Replaced many of them in the several IC-751A rigs I have had over the years. Nice video.

[@mariofilippi3539]

Buddy, thanks a million. Your video brought back many pleasant memories of radios that were mainstream in the '70s, specifically the TS-520 and the Yaesu FT-101 line of transceivers. Japan was king at that time as one of the manufacturers of ham radio transceivers. I've had both the TS-520 and a few FT-101Es, purchased second-hand and worked on them to get them up and running. Pretty much it was just cleaning the contacts (including mechanical relays), checking the tube condition, replacing capacitors known to fail and performing a complete re-alignment.

[@paulepruss]

Recently purchased an FT-101E and I'm very excited to follow your restoration and advice on that unit. Thank you for your time and dedication to electronics and the Amateur Radio tradition. You are a true Elmer, Buddy - Cheers & 73, VK7FPCL

[@Hogkat]

Great ts520 had 1 but now 2x ts820 lines photo on qrz great radio's