#70 FT 101 Series parts and surprise gift

[@scottlee1211]

Mike seems like a good guy! Very knowledgeable in electronics.

[@TheRadioShop]

He is a great guy and a good friend to have. One of the best techs I know.

[@samiam5557]

Pretty generous of Mike, thanks for showing & telling us about it all!

[@TheRadioShop]

Thank you., I agree he is the best!

[@w.rustylane5650]

Nice of Mike to send this along. I haven't seen any new videos from Mike in a while. Has he quit the business? 73 from K9POW in eastern Tennessee.

[@mikesradiorepair]

LOL. You found my magnetic test lead adapter. Still have my black one but noticed the red one grew feet. Looks like it was a hitchhiker. :) I have more of them. Feel free to keep it. So you know what its for, one side just slips on the end of a normal test lead tip and then you can just use the magnetic end and stick it on the chassis. Makes a convient way to hook up to chassis ground.

[@TheRadioShop]

Little ting caught a free ride lol. It will come in handy. Things are part parasites!...

[@mikesradiorepair]

+The Radio Shop Its a electronic tick.

[@TheRadioShop]

ROFL!

[@MrCarlsonsLab]

Mighty nice Mike! Great looking 177 too. Thumbs up Bud!

[@TheRadioShop]

Very nice of him my friend. You know, it is so good to have friends. Thanks for watching Paul.

[@lllatham]

I have been watching your videos over the past week and I am super impressed with the quality of your repairs. I am an amateur radio operator and have been in radio repair for a short time as a young man, The care and skill you provide is just astounding. I may send some of my boat anchors to you, I wish I wasn't so broke I would send them all to you!!!N5FJK

[@TheRadioShop]

Thank you for those very kind words. I try and keep things simple so folks can follow along without all the high technical stuff. I appreciate comments like this.

[@paulpagenkopp5000]

maybe down the road do a class on how to make an extender board, great segment as usual!! look forward to the rest I have an ft-101b, looking for a schematic for an Fv101b the VFO external . if you know where I can download a copy let me know thanks again great job!!

[@TheRadioShop]

Great suggestion!

[@Pootycat8359]

Be VERY careful with using epoxy on that choke! In the 1980s, when I was a radio/tv engineer for KUAT, a choke (wound on a foot long, 3 in diameter, phenolic tube), in the output of the 50 kW AM (1550 kHz) xmttr got "roasted," I tried to repair it. I removed the darkened surface and applied a thin coating of "corona dope." A few days later, the choke burned up. I think it was due to the phenomenon of "dielectric conduction." Many materials, which are very good insulators for DC, conduct at RF. It's also the way capacitors work. I think epoxy may be a material that behaves that way

[@TRXLab]

Good guy our Mike! Great looking stuff Buddy! 73

[@TheRadioShop]

Yes he is one of the best my friend. Always good to have friends.

[@TRXLab]

you are so right ...

[@kgsalvage6306]

The B&K VTVM looks very similar to an RCA Senior. Nice Yaesu cabinet that Mike sent you. You don't know of a good matching green paint for the Yaesu? 👍

[@Beretta96Dan]

Buddy, I know you will be glad to change out the white "chicken head" knob. Lol! That sticks out like a sore thumb! I've had a 101E and 101EE, and still have my 2100B linear amp. Nice radios. 73...Dan w4mnc

[@TheRadioShop]

You got that right Dan. I hate that white chicken head on the rig. Was just about to go out and change them tonight. But have to work this week end :( Yes great radios.

[@Lawson80]

As always a great video on the FT-101. Really enjoying this series on the Boat Anchor we all love ... and according to the historians this is the proper time of year celebrate Christmas anyways :) So it's all good!

[@TheRadioShop]

Thanks for that bit of history my friend. Just not enough information on the web for folks. This is why I am doing this series. To get as much out there as possible,

[@mikesradiorepair]

Thought you would like the meter. Have several of them and thought I would share the B&K wealth. That was actually one of my daily drivers for several years. Hope it is as reliable for you as it was for me.

[@TheRadioShop]

Thanks Mike, I don't like it, I love it. Very clean and works great. Thanks a million!

[@DonDegidio]

Mike, You really came through for Buddy. :-)

[@patrickp4827]

That magnet lead is so you can park a meter lead to the chassis no?

[@PapasDino]

That BK sure looks like the old RCA Senior VoltOhmyst I used to have...having at least one analog meter on the bench is always useful (hard to see a swing on a DMM!). BTW, AO7 is still alive and kicking up there! 73 - Dino KL0S

[@TheRadioShop]

I love an analog meter. And this 177 will fit right in. Love the big scale on it. Been a year since I have been on AO-7. Had a regular sked on it for quite some time. There were a few operators I chatted with a lot on there. Fun times and using the 736 made it easy.

[@hugomartel8552]

I am only 18 years old but I prefer my good ole Simpson 260 or my old Heathkit vacuum tube voltmeter to any DMM

[@bblod4896]

It's too bad I can't find extender boards for my Fannon Fanfare 880dx. But, it does give me an idea for building the boards, thanks.

[@TheRadioShop]

Should be fairly easy. Good luck with that

[@douro20]

Does that coil have HV across it in operation? I generally don't mess with RF coils unless they are open or damaged.

[@TheRadioShop]

Around 800 volts. And is why it has to be replaced. As burnt as it is will change the inductance quite a bit. Will not be long before it catches on fire or becomes a straight conductor. This is what happens to RF chokes when the tubes are constantly on and turning cherry red.

[@adrongarretson6195]

I do watch Mike's repeat radio part repair and I also watch yours and you guys are both Geniuses so which one of you guys will taking my job all I want to do is get myself cleaned going she's my Icom 211 and I really really really want play machine to go I won't my rig up and running just don't know anybody it's a dying art so you got to beg and plead for I guess you know so I'm begging and pleading to you do you know anybody or can you do it for me what do you want

[@douro20]

I don't know if I should go and buy the Sylvania VTVM I found; it has no AC probe with it.

[@TheRadioShop]

If it is in fairly good shape and the price is right I say get it. Probes are not a problem. Find them on ebay all the time and very easy to roll your on. Not difficult at all.

[@gh778jk]

is that Dynascan a FET VM? Paddy PS scrap that.... seen it is a VTVM

[@TheRadioShop]

It is all tube. So in a way yes, just like FET.

[@gh778jk]

Buddy, Yeah, it looked a bit 'modern' for a VTVM, and I only saw the bottom of it at the end of the video (where it says it is a VTVM...) Paddy

[@dennisqwertyuiop]

nice 177 like mine like thyy dont have battery inside My 177 came with a rf probe also

[@TheRadioShop]

Cool Dennis. Yes glad they do not have an internal battery. Less to worry with. Good meters! Thanks

[@HBTwoodworking]

I have a dumb question for you...when using coax/BNCs and such with your scopes, sig gens, and other test equipment, do you use 50 or 75 ohm material?

[@TheRadioShop]

Hi Philip. Not a dumb question at all. I actually use both. 50 and 75 ohm cables. Depending on what I am doing at the moment.

[@トモエユタカ]

good👍🙂

[@harbselectronicslab3551]

Lol its more of a case of what parts of the radio did you sell him back........you near have the lot !! haha

[@TheRadioShop]

LOL

[@AF6LJSue]

Good Stuff. :)

[@TheRadioShop]

Hi Sue, Have not seen you in a while. Always a pleasure.Thanks

[@paulpagenkopp5000]

if you know of a website good for manuals like the vf-101 please let me know

[@MichaelLloyd]

I need the top to the PA cage of my FTDX-560 that I'm trying to bring back from the dead

[@TheRadioShop]

We will be on the look out for you.

[@MichaelLloyd]

Much appreciated. My poor old FTDX-560 is an eBay find too. The good tubes had been removed. The sideband carrier oscillator crystals were both gone. The 100kHz oscillator crystal was gone. I had Quartzlab make me new ones. They made 2 of X-301, the 100kHz oscillator crystal for some reason so I have an extra. I recently rebuilt the power supply board with higher wattage resistors and higher voltage diodes. I'm still going to switch the HV transformer tap over to a good bit lower voltage to save the sweep tubes. I'm pretty much following your lead on the rebuild even though it's a different radio (sort of).I'll fix the PSU first then start working my way through it section by section. Hayseed Hamfest made me a real nice set of HV electrolytics cans. They don't look original but they'll work and I don't have to try to stuff caps in the already crowded power supply bay. The radio had ben scavenged a little. I'm missing one parasitic suppressor but I'm a long way from needing that. I'll be happy if it will learn to talk again 73 NE5U Mike

[@TheRadioShop]

Sounds like it is in good hands Mike. You follow it just like you said and all will be fine. One stage at a time. Good deal on the HH capacitors. Cannot go wrong with them. Sure they cost a little more but many miles will be added to the outcome. Keep us updated on it and thanks for sharing.