[Yaesu] FT-101zd question

[Steve Sutfin]

Should be the same as my 901 although I have the 10 second tune  
button so don't need to worry about the tune time. Advancing the  
drive in 2 steps is tedious but is also 'safe' for some. Might depend  
on how 'fast' you can get. My drive adjustment isn't that subtle so I  
adjust the drive to full in 2 steps, although I've heard some just do  
it in 1.
This is just to get the rig properly tuned up to full and shouldn't  
be 'over-driven'. Returning the drive to zero allows you to choose  
the mic gain for SSB or go back to advancing the drive for CW.
Your CW and Tune positions should be two different things.
Steve k7dna

On Feb 4, 2012, at 6:37 AM, rb wrote:

> In the FT 101zd manual, page 14, I see this instruction:
>
> "Again rotate the LOADING control and PLATE control, each time  
> advancing the
> DRIVE control approximately 2 step, until the DRIVE control is fully
> counterclockwise. The transmitter is now tuned for maximum power  
> output. Do
> not exceed the maximum tuning time stipulated previously. Return  
> the VOX GAIN
> switch to the VOX position (out of the MOX position, return the  
> METER switch to
> IC, and return the DRIVE control to the fully counterclockwise  
> position."
>
> This is a different process than I normally go through. What I do  
> is set DRIVE
> to 150-175ma, and keep it there. Different things I do cause it to  
> go up or
> down slightly. I just re-tweak it to wherever the plate currrent is  
> I want to
> be at. I just switch over to USP/LSB from CW tune, leaving it right  
> there.
>
> Going by the above process, it looks like you could easily get  
> "over-drive"
> (loaded more than you'd like) by going to full clockwise. Than,  
> going back to
> full counterclockwise seems you'd have zero-drive.
>
> I'd certainly like to know if this is the correct tuning.
>
> What keeps is from going into "over-drive", and what would make it  
> be zero-drive
> if at fully counterclockwise position?
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