Go here, there's 3 mod articles on the FT-102: http://www.amwindow.org/tech/htm/mods.htm
Go here for the NE-602 balanced modulator for the FT-102: http://www.amwindow.org/tech/htm/602mod.htm Paul may know of some additional ones. Pete, wa2cwa On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:26:32 -0500 "Skip Frolik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Paul, > You've peaked my curiosity about the Yaesu FT-102. > Several years ago a close friend of mine gave me an > FT-102 station. Wally was going into an assisted > home and no room for radios. I don't believe he > ever used it on AM but it does have the AM/FM module > installed. I personally have never used it. Just put > it on the shelf as a memory from him. (He's now SK) > Hmmmmm .... maybe I should get it down and find the > mods that relate to AM. I took a quick look at your > web site thinking you might have some reference to > that but didn't see anything. Also did the usual > web search using different search engines. That was > sort of interesting .... Hi. Got over a thousand > references to FT-102 including several *Zoom* sites. > Hmmmmm .... FT-102 was used in *Zoom* movies ???? > Hehehe .... ya gotta love the garbage on the Internet. > Anyway if you have any personal info on AM mods for > the FT-102 I'd appreciate it. If nothing else I'll > archive it and put it with the radio for a possible > later project. AM is all I'm really interested > in these days and most of the time I don't consider > the ham solid state/hybrid gear that interesting > but maybe I need to readjust my attitude .... Hi. > *By the way I had to resend this message with the > word Zoom cause using (starts with a p ends with an > n second letter is an o and third is an r .... Hi) > caused the filters to take this as spam*. > Hehehe .... interesting filtering. > Thanks > Skip > WB4GMQ > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of VJB > Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 07:43 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AMRadio] Equipment discussion -- AM "value" > > Hi Jose, > Welcome to AM ! At least that's what I get from your > questions. > To establish "value" for an AM rig you have to set > some priorities. > If you also plan to use the equipment on SSB you may > limit yourself somewhat because of likely technical > compromises. Broadly stated, most contemporary > transceivers presume the user will be using SSB, so > the audio quality on transmit and receive will > typically suffer on AM. That's because manufactuers > traditionally shortchange audio quality for SSB. For > those of us who use only AM, such rigs have little > value. There are exceptions, including the Yaesu > FT-102 which can be dressed up with some audio > modifications to sound like this: > > http://www.wa3vjb.com/sound/HUZ-FT102%20(2).mp3 > > The older Yaesu FT-101E can also be made to sound very > good, and the purchase price for used gear like this > is less than $400. Here's Frank's example of the > transceiver: > > http://www.wa3vjb.com/sound/WY3D-Demo.mp3 > > On receive, the Ten-Tec RX 340 uses synchronous > detection and low-distortion audio circuitry to > recover audio that sounds like this: > > http://www.wa3vjb.com/sound/DefinitiveVJB.mp3 > > I have to point out that the economic value is > different than the practical operating value. The > Yaesu FT1000MP sounds very, very good when > transmitting AM with a good quality microphone. Yet, > why pay for all the other stuff on there that a user > oriented toward AM would never utilize? For the person > who specializes iN AM, the same or far less money > could be spent on a rig designed with AM as its > emphasis. If you're planning vintage gear (and this is > the sort of equipment that emphasizes AM) you'll need > to sort out whether you can settle for audio that > sounds like the space shuttle, or whether you want > audio that's human-sounding: warm and high quality. In > this equation, establishing "value" is up to you > rather than recommendations from out here. You'll know > what you want. > > Best of luck, and feel free when you decide among some > candidates to run them by the opionion gallery here. > > Paul/VJB > Annapolis
