Yaesu FT-101 E, EE Great Old Radio GOT ONE? COME SAY HELLO !!

[N8YX]

My first hf rig was a EE. I (stupidly) sold it to fund a newer, lesser rig.
Funny thing is, about 9-12 months ago I traded that same newer rig for a 101ZD.
The 101 (IMHO) is still one the best radios ever built.

Matt

'101/B/E/F and a '101ZD are entirely different animals. The 'ZD is very close to a 90x in terms of circuit design. 6146Bs in the PA, 8.9875MHz IF (vs 3.180), PBT and other QRM-fighting niceties added.

Yes, adding 11M to the later models was "challenging" as compared to simply plugging in a crystal and 'cutting the brown wire'. But their receivers are much improved, especially where the MkIII and '902 variants are concerned. Still, Yaesu sold an absolute metric ass-load of the B and E variants. One of my former coworkers - a ham - recounted a tale of an area truck stop wheeling dolly full after dolly full of those rigs to their showrooms in the mid 70s.