[Boatanchors] FT-101

[Jim Brannigan]

Oh the FT-101EE could hear OK, the problem is that it heard them all at the 
same time!!!!
I used a 75A3 as the receiver, A KWM-2 would have been heaven....

Jim


> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Jim Brannigan <jbrannig at optonline.net> 
> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I had a FT-101EE it was a real fun radio, CW, SSB, RTTY, portable,
>> mobile.....
>> But....the receiver.....the worst!!!
>> I tried every modification to help the RX, but in the end realized that 
>> ya
>> can't turn a sows ear into a silk purse.....and sold the radio
>
> Same experience I had back in '83. Was my first rig after getting
> licensed, a lot of stuff in that one box. Picked up a KWM-2A that was
> 10 years older the following year and was amazed it how much more it
> heard. More accurately, how little the 101EE was hearing. A simple ant
> switchbox reversed between the two provided the proof.
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ