ok, what did you have to do on the old kenwoods?
surely there's not that much difference between the two although, it 
wouldn't at all surprise me if that was in fact the case. I ran a yaesu 
ft101b and a kenwood ts520se. I miss my old kenwood that's all I can say.


On 18/03/2008 1:49 AM, the old scribe known as John Miller was able to 
impart this pearl of wisdom:
> I know it's easy with the Kenwoods, not sure on the yaesu stuff though, I 
> had an old FT-101E once before I figured out w hat yaesu is these days and 
> decided to never have their products in my station again, but I never had to 
> neutralize tubes on that one. They were brand new when I got it and I didn't 
> keep it more than a few months.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 10:41 AM
> Subject: Re: tone osilator.
> 
> 
>> tuning ain't the problem. I'm familiar with the process, and not only
>> that it's like riding a bike, you never forget. I suppose it a slight
>> case of information overload, one fellow tells you one thing the manual
>> says something else another fellow says a third thing by which time
>> you're pulling your hair out, and going nuts with information overload,
>> so much so you can't tell the diffence between the end you talk out of
>> and the end you pass gas out of.
>> I just want to be absolutely sure as I'm well aware of the cost of
>> tubes. although I do have the good fortune of being supplied with a
>> spare set should I buy the yaesu ft201. it's still got it's original
>> 6js6c finals and 12BY7 driver. and the fellow has all three.
>> while I'm on it, is it easy for a blind person to nutralise the finals
>> once they've been replaced or are we at somewhat of a disadvantage with
>> regards to this? I'd like to be as independent as possible as the leader
>> of the opposition is not at all interested in ham radio.
>>
>>
>> On 18/03/2008 1:33 AM, the old scribe known as Howard Kaufman was able
>> to impart this pearl of wisdom:
>>> Sean what you have to realize, is that retuning a radio is a simple
>>> operation.  Let alone does it give you the best possible signal, but it
>>> protects your equipment and valves.  Those valves are not going to get 
>>> any
>>> easier to find over the years, hence forth, their price will continue to
>>> rise.  If you are kind to your radio, it is possible to get twenty years 
>>> out
>>> of a set of finals.  That means tune your finals, and make sure the radio
>>> sees a flat SWR.  The audio oscellator is more accureate than the meter.
>>> Backk off the drive until you get comfortable with the process.  10 watts
>>> will be plenty for adjustment power.  I ran a set of 6JB6 sweep tubes for 
>>> 25
>>> years on that system.  Those are no near as rugged as the 6146 tubes that
>>> the kenwoods used.
>>>
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