[Fox_Tango] FR-50B Manual and oddity....

Mon, 22 Jul 2002 22:14:21 -0500

Wow, thanks John for getting my curiosity up about pre-70's Yaesu's.

I did a web search and came up with the following links:
http://homepage1.nifty.com/kurisu/FR-50.html
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~gfs/yaesu/Yaesu7.htm
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~gfs/yaesu/Yaesu1.htm
and http://homepage1.nifty.com/kurisu/Yaesu-Pict.html .

By the way - I understand that the line voltage in Japan is, or was, 100V.
The other taps are for export.  For instance, the fan on a FT-101 series is
a 100V unit.  Although the rig can be wired for 110, 117, 220, etc, the fan
goes on the 100V tap.

73's
Rick, WD8JJA.

----- Original Message -----
From: "john" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 7:21 PM
Subject: [Fox_Tango] FR-50B Manual and oddity....

> Im looking into a Yaesu FR50B (advertised as working...which of course
> it's not!) and noticed two things...
>
> 1) It's wired for 100VAC (but has jumpers for 117...yay!)
> 2) There's a knob that's only a dummy, and is held on by a bolt!!! (there
> was never a control behind the VFO/Crystal select switch)
> 3) It's much more nicely wired than my FTDX560.
> 4) I cant find ANY documentation on the web.
>
> Can anyone help with a manual/schematics? I have audio, but absolutely
> no peaking of the RF stage with the "preselector" control. Im also not
> sure what the Monitor control does!
>
> Thanks in advance for any help!
> 73
> John
>
> PS: Also looking for a meter cover for a SMeter for a RF100B/FL100B
>
> Thanks!
> John
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