Reader Question · Fox Tango International Why Does My FT-2000D Only Make 100 Watts? Diagnosing the half-power Yaesu FT-2000D — the 50 V PA rail, the SD2931 finals, ALC drift, and the misidentification trap. “I have a Yaesu FT-2000D that is supposed…
A complete electrical & mechanical rebuild reference Hammarlund Restoration Series Hammarlund SP-600 JX-1 A complete electrical & mechanical rebuild reference Signal Corps R-274A/FRR · Hammarlund Model 31406-1 · by Mike Peace VK6ADA / r-390a.net Administrator The Hammarlund SP-600 is one…
Reader Question · from Rich, WA6KNW Driving a Collins KWM-2A or 75S-3B with an Electronic Specialty Products DDS VFO Q: “Does anyone have the manual for hooking up the Electronic Specialty Products DDS VFO (the N3ZI DDS-based unit) to a…
KWM-2A Clinic: When the Preselector Peak and Grid Drive Peak Don’t Agree A good question landed on the reflector recently from Lenny, WB6QAZ, who is bringing a round-emblem KWM-2A back to life. The radio is working well on both receive…
Yaesu FT-101E — Parts Substitution & Sourcing Reference Common failure points, modern equivalents and procurement notes for the FT-101E hybrid transceiver (12BY7A driver + 2×6JS6C finals; otherwise solid-state, dual conversion: 5 MHz 1st IF, 9 MHz VFO, 3.18 MHz 2nd IF). 20 Tracked Parts 7…
VK6ADA Technical Reference · Boatanchor Files The Collins R‑389, R‑390 & R‑390A Development, deployment, and a practical operator’s guide to the finest HF receivers of the vacuum-tube era — written for amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners, fact-checked against the…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Carol Maher, W4CLM The keeper of the Fox Tango flame — who took a dormant newsletter club and built it into the definitive online home for Yaesu owners the world over. Some legends of…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Milton Lowens, WA2AOQ · N4ML The retired engineer who answered one radio’s design flaw by founding the most influential users group in amateur radio history — and proved that one man, one typewriter, and…
Boatanchor Legends · Tribute No. 47 Silent Key Glen E. Zook, K9STH First Article at Seventeen, and Six Decades Without Stopping Silent Key 22 July 2020, Richardson, Texas First Licensed as a teenager, K9 district (Indiana) Business Z-Communications Company Website…
Boatanchor Legends · Tribute No. 46 Silent Key Dennis L. Brothers, WAØCBK From the Cedar Rapids Factory Floor to America’s Only Certified Collins Repair Center Born 9 February 1943, Kimball, Nebraska Silent Key 16 November 2024, age 81 Business Western…