Nostalgia has an odor

[N8YX]

What is it with the older (FT-101, FL-FR-101, FT-301 era) Yaesu rigs and the distinctive smell that wafts up at you when the case is removed?

I got hold of a nice FT-301 ensemble today and upon removing the transceiver's top lid the familiar odor was back. Maybe that's why I keep buying these things.

All in all this isn't a bad outfit. An FC-301 is inbound and that will make the last piece. On the future project list is a WARC-band (30/12M) conversion and I really need to find an AM filter for the rig. Fortunately, it had a CW filter installed.

[KJ3N]

Nostalgia has an odor

So does a hamfest.

[kb2vxa]

Yeah, I noticed that rather unique smell to my FT-101EE. Never did figure it out, unlike that strange odor in the car a few days after a fishing trip. Forgot the bait bucket in the trunk. Give it a thorough going over, you might find a dried up piece of squid or a spearing?

[KG4CGC]

Ah yes, that smell. Like opening the back of a Zenith TO. It's like a trip back in time with real physical sensations, not just memories.

[NY3V]

Just imagine the odor Pat's Crest Museum must have!

Ahh......:)

[KG4CGC]

Just imagine the odor Pat's Crest Museum must have!

Ahh......:)

I believe he's spoken on that.
Litterbox, dog droppings and spider venom.

[kb2vxa]

"It's like a trip back in time with real physical sensations, not just memories."

Then unplug the radio before you stick your fingers in it.

[KG4CGC]

"It's like a trip back in time with real physical sensations, not just memories."

Then unplug the radio before you stick your fingers in it.

Have you ever thought about being out on a boat on a Summer day and felt the heat from the Sun and season and started a slight sweat?
Cerulean Blue

[kb2vxa]

Every time that happened I came home smelling of fish. That's how the bait bucked got in the trunk. Cerulean Blue, cobalt stannate pigment used to paint the ocean in boat scenes. Dirty Green, more representative of the water I fished in.

[NY4Q]

Cloth wire & cooking Bakelite. Nice.