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This is a Yaesu FT-101EE. I picked it up at the Fayetteville, NC hamfest for a very reasonable $50. It’s not as pristine as the one in the picture, nor is it complete, but I hope that it’ll make getting on HF a little easier. I need to get two final tubes […]

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I picked up this little antenna at the Salisbury, NC hamfest. It is basically a tuned, pre-made, twin-lead 2M j-pole antenna. I spent 12.99 on it, thought it was worth a try since it seemed to be well made and I could hang it in my apartment.
Let me tell you, I was very […]

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1. HW-2036-A 2 Meter Mobile Rig
2. HW-2036-3 Matching 12V Power Supply
3. HA-202A 2 Meter Amp
4. HW-8 QRP HF Rig
I received most of these items from a SK’s collection. They are in very good condition. I have the manual for the HW-8 on cdrom and the schematics for the 2036A can be downloaded from Bama. I […]

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So, this SB-101 has been sitting in the back of our second bedroom for weeks now. I have yet to apply power or do much work on it except copying the deteriorating manual. The problem is that is that the second bedroom is also my ham shack and computer room and it is […]

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I inherited an SB-101 yesterday and next weekend, and I am hoping to dig into the project soon. So far I know that some of the capacitors are bad, several of the tube holders are bad, and I need to go through all of the resistors and make sure that they are within specs.
I […]

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