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- FT101ZD mods
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- Switching the fan.
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- If using the rig for receive only, the PA cooling fan runs unnecessarily.
- It is possible to switch it with the heaters on/off switch in a crude manner:
- Pick up 12v AC from the Accessory socket. Half-wave rectify it with a diode,
- smooth it with a couple of hundred microfarad and use it to drive a small 12v
- relay which switches the 100v AC to the fan.
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- 12v for external purposes.
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- Useful to drive outboard units. Pick up 12v DC from the AF board J503 pin 7.
- Feed it to a spare pin on the mic. socket via a 100R series resistor to
- provide current limit.
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- Improving second DBM.
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- AF board, D02 - D05 are 4 x 1s4007. Replace these with 4 x Motorola MBD702
- diodes then adjust VR01 and TC02 for best carrier balance. It should be
- possible to null the carrier almost completely. Diodes may be obtained via
- the FT Owners' Club (Stateside).
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- First mixer overload.
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- Improve the dynamic range of the first mixer by modifying the T-pad attenuator
- on the input as follows: RF board - changee R8 (120R) to 36R. R9 (10R) to 27R.
- R10 (10R) to 27R. Reset overall gain on IF board using VR02 which is in the
- source lead of Q15.
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- Improved fine-tuning.
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- Shunt the clarifier control with 4K7 or 5K6 then recentre its action by
- adjusting VR01. This reduces the control's range.
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- Improved PA cooling.
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- Cut a triangular-shaped card and fit it over the top of the PA compartment
- so that all of the rear and inner sides of the compartment are covered. This
- redirects the fan airflow so that the PA valves are more effectively cooled.
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- G3TJP @ GB7SAM
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