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Yaesu FT 102: The radio of champions!


headline ... so the brochure, as well as the famous site of the Fox Tango, "Yaesu FT-102 transceiver of champions"

In 1982, Yaesu, before abandoning the technology of radio tube end, gave us this real gem: The Yaesu FT-102!

This unique system incorporating many features already present in most modern radio to come, WARC, rx 2 Conversions with a preamplifier, a notch filter in mf, widht function and shift to tighten the bandwidth, a super filter APF, the possibility of optional filters installed on both mf, but also the best design for a device with end-tube!

On the Yaesu FT-102 are indeed as many as 3 tubes 6146! not usual 2, but 3 valves as the glorious Drake TR4 and Tr4C (although they used different types of Drake).

The Yaesu FT-102 is easily recognized in the air, because of its powerful modulation, with the ability to adjust bass and treble output, power output was above average, you could easily reach the 180W, if then had the foresight to not pull the valves for the hair, you could go out with 120W and in doing so ensure a long life of the tubes.

The style of the Yaesu FT-102 was modern, eye immediately gave her two beautiful S-meter apart, calling the big Yaesu, the FT-ONE or even more the new Yaesu FT-980. By now he was completely

abandoned the style of the 70 Yaesu FT-901, it seemed possible that a device so compact hid three tubes and a robust processor.

The Yaesu FT-102 was a meteor in the amateur market in 1984 because the Yaesu will launch a completely new apparatus compact, completely continuous and transistor line: the Yaesu FT-757GX, a radio completely different in all aspects.

It is said that the Yaesu FT-102 was designed by the same engineers of the famous Yaesu FT-1000!

The Yaesu FT-102 was one of the last radio designed only for amateurs and give it everything! You can

groped a comparison with another monster sacred and that is with the Kenwood TS-830?

I believe that we are dealing with two of the best equipment made for OM, but perhaps the 4 / 5 years of technology in more than he could enjoy the Yaesu FT-102, I do tip the balance slightly on his side ...

an apparatus that is no longer around so easily, its accessories is even worse, because it also produced when the valves were already out of fashion, the only defect is the famous relay switching that often injury problems and must be replaced, certainly not enough to obscure the fame of this fabulous device ... Sample!


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Icom IC-551D: 6 meter passion! Yaesu FT-ONE


In Italy the granting of 6 meters for OM has come only recently, but in other countries like the U.S., the 50Mhz had long been widespread.

The gang of 50 MHz is a frequency very interesting is also called "magic band" known for its unpredictability into the openings of the spread of "E" sporadic and can be very rewarding in the connections using different types of openings even at low power ...

... try 6 meters, I hope you give enthusiasm, as it was for me!

Therefore the market world wide amateur radio were already many devices that worked on no "magic band":
Icom early 80s began to become evident in the market with a beautiful line of equipment for VHF and above: the series Icom IC-251, Icom IC-451 (released in Japan as the Icom IC-351) and Icom IC-551!

They were robust monoband all mode, FM, CW and SSB (AM and for the 551), characteristic for a very intriguing look that attracted the new Icom IC-720 HF, and the beautiful green military has functioned to 12V to 220V, 10W of power and gave in uscita.

Ma la Icom penso bene di fare un'apparato superiore per i 50Mhz, pertanto oltre che all'Ico m IC-551 con soli 10W di potenza e con la FM , produsse la serie "maggiorata" D.

L'Icom IC-551D infatti aveva ben 80W di potenza, cosa non da poco per un apparato operante in VHF, io riuscì a provarne uno, facendolo arrivare direttamente dagli States, da rilevare il ricevitore ben silenzioso, anche se la ventola interna, necessaria per dissipare l'elevata potenza, si fa sentire rapidamente.

Un ottimo apparato, considerati i tempi in cui usci, peccato che inspiegabilmente la Icom non produsse un apparato per i 6 m lucky in the next line ie Icom IC-271, IC-471 (and IC-1271) which replaced the 251 series, 451, but which however did not give an heir to the Icom IC-551!



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