HELLO....PLEASE HELP

[kd8oyv]

hello all, i am wondering if anyones knows what i can do to get more of a am broadcast sound with my ft-101ee i have the am filter for recieve but im looking for transmit audio....i have a akg perseption 200 mic, rauland spectrum eq, phonics pl 3200 comp./limiter noise gate, and if thats not all i also have breakaway broadcast program on the pewter..i want to process to hell outta audio....shove threw gear and or comp then threw rig.....WANTING WARM HAPPY AM AUDIO

THNX  KD8OYV

[KB2WIG]

Frank,

Go here.....

http://www.amwindow.org/tech/htm/ft101.htm

try it, you'll like it.

klc

[flintstone mop]

THe nice warm BIG sound comes from some engineering and planning.
It's not just processing the hell out of the audio from the microphone.
The FT101 is a good beginning and a start for really nice audio. A linear amplifier is next in the chain...........an amp that's not afraid to put out peak undistorted power without falling in on itself. A reserve of 2500 watts is a dream but do-able
Something close to an Ameritron AL1500 or similar with a serious power supply.

It's fun to experiment

[KD0HUX]

 I STARTED DOWN THAT SAME PATH THERE IS NOTHING LIKE PLATE MODULATION.THE FT101 WOULD NOT GIVE ME THE HARD PUCHING LOW HITTING AUDIO THAT I CRAVED SOLD THE 101 BOUGHT A EF JOHNSON VALIANT AND VX2000   THE AUDIO DIFFERENCE IS LIKE NIGHT AND DAY

[Steve - K4HX]

Do the mods at the link Kevin posted and you'll have a rig that will sound better than 99% of the transmitters on the air. I ran a 101 for quite a few years with these mods. Of course, Bill, W3DUQ started it all many years ago. Anyone who ever heard Bill knew he had great sounding audio and lots of it.

Go for it!

hello all, i am wondering if anyones knows what i can do to get more of a am broadcast sound with my ft-101ee i have the am filter for recieve but im looking for transmit audio....i have a akg perseption 200 mic, rauland spectrum eq, phonics pl 3200 comp./limiter noise gate, and if thats not all i also have breakaway broadcast program on the pewter..i want to process to hell outta audio....shove threw gear and or comp then threw rig.....WANTING WARM HAPPY AM AUDIO

THNX  KD8OYV

[kd8oyv]

thank you guys for helping i know im going to be a pain in a second on the next question...hi hi hi...kd0hux an kc4mop thank you guys for talkin bout em old B.A's...welll tell you the truth im in the process restoring a dx-100 ....but i do love my 101.....ive sank alot of money into it so selling it aint a opition..bought fliters n tubes and sent it down to carol w4clm to bring it back to life...he did his magic on it i tell ya...now im looking to get her on the air......NOW the next question is.....lol...im going to build my antenna...no store bought stuff, marconi wouldnt have it any other way.. i want to work...80 40 an 20, now ive had many people tell me different things...my dad says a long wire with tuner..easy?...horiznal,vertical. inverted v, V...L,  inverted L...i dont know i want to work maybe a lil dx, but really do some rag chewin thatswhat im after right now...whats the best starting point to configure my antenna? sorry for the pain guys.

[kd8oyv]

oh and by the way guys i own a DENTRON MLA-2500 amplifier as well!!

[kA5WHO]

I think for ur 1st basic antenna,a horizontal dipole cut for 75 meters,120 or 130 ft,  fed with open wire,even the brown stuff,through a open wire tuner,like a johnson matchbox or homemade ,up as high as possible is a good choice.You would be able to use it on all the ham bands.

[KM1H]

The last thing Id do is use the MLA-2500 on AM. Not only do you have just 600W of Pd but they are around $1000 a pair to replace unless you find a deal on good used ones.

Now if you wanted to get creative a couple of 3CX800's in place and with modified cooling would run nice and cool BUT dont exceed 1200W key down on tune up unless you want to buy a new transformer. Even a single 800 is better than two 8875's and you could even make money on that deal. Full output medical pulls are in the $300-350 range.

Or get a better amp. BTW, I have a MLA-2500 with full output original tubes and is a back up shelf queen for a LK-500ZC and an Alpha 76PA.

Carl

[w5omr]

I think for ur 1st basic antenna,a horizontal dipole cut for 75 meters,120 or 130 ft,  fed with open wire,even the brown stuff,through a open wire tuner,like a johnson matchbox or homemade ,up as high as possible is a good choice.You would be able to use it on all the ham bands.

A good radiating antenna beats any amplifier for getting the signal out!

I say, if you've got the room for a 75m Inverted V, then you've got the room for a Delta Loop.

haul the pyramid-shaped antenna as high as possible at the peak, stretch out the bottom two points as wide/high as possible and feed it as suggested with open-wire line and an open-wire tuner.  It's about 250'~260' of wire in the air, but when you boil it down to brass tacks, it's simply a folded dipole, pulled apart, and takes up no more room than a 75m inverted vee.