I undestand completly Bob. I have a 600 khz filter as I had mentioned. 25 bucks.. I have also RF decks if you wish to put it on the back of the one you have coming. Make sure it isn¡¯t an SD. SD¡¯s were a stripped down version and were only 10 watts. Those are valuable because you can run a Ukrainian kit ?tranverter off of them easily. They can be upgraded but it is a bit of work. I¡¯d swap you a high power one for it if it¡¯s an ¡°SD¡±. The SD does not have the plug on the back for the RF deck to plug into. Well it does but is covered by a hard to find SD cover.
Good luck on the new one. I wouldn¡¯t buy anything with a serial # earlier than 77 G xxxxxx . ¡¯76 and real early 77¡¯s had the early filter board among other things. Some of them work ok. 77G xxxxxx and on are the best ones.
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On Jun 3, 2024, at 4:36 PM, Robert Holsti via <
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I have? radio number one that has only a ssb filter and it is strapped to the AM and CW position.
The problem with a ssb filter being used in CW is that strong stations near my operating frequency produce agc action and I have difficulty copying that weak cw station due to agc pumping. Thats why a cw filter is necessary. It? is very noticeable while there is a contest going on.
The radio number two has all 3 filters installed but the 250hz cw filter in the cw slot is to narrow. I like it but there are some guys that dont know how to zerobeat be so I dont hear them at all.?
I would never use a 250hz filter in AM mode, its to narrow.
The sotabeams filter works like a champ but you still suffer from agc action since it is hooked up to the earphone jack.
I have another FT301 arriving this week but it does not have the amplifier on the back
and the insides will be a mystery box with good or bad surprises.?
Bob KH2BR
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Dave Bohlen
