[Yaesu] FT101ZD history question

Fri Apr 21 18:09:11 EDT 2006

FT101 history (post FT-101F):
101ZD - digital display (not a counter, needed calibration when switching modes, no WARC bands. NO AM - SSB & CW ONLY. Similar knobs and appearance to the FT901DM series (poor man's version). Also available in a FT-101Z version (no display, analog dial only, also a few items removed, possibly the DC-DC converter).
101ZD MKII - Added AM mode/position to mode switch. The display became a true freq counter to show the offsets between modes, calibration no longer needed (similar to the change from FT901DM to FT902DM)
101ZD MKIII - Replaced AM mode with AM/FM position on mode switch. EITHER AM OR FM option board could be user installed; NOT BOTH AT SAME TIME. Newer knobs with silver accent rings to the rear. Also supported newer FV-101DM digital memory VFO with direct frequency entry and memories. Earlier models only supported the FV-101Z analog VFO. 
The digital VFO is almost a collector's item today.
Eric
KE2D
-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: <w8okn at charter.net> 
> I have found a Yaesu FT-101ZD, and can send a photo. 
>> They also had an external VFO with the number 101Z that went with it. 
>> Sean 
> W8OKN 
>> ---- "John Geiger (NE0P)" wrote: 
> > A discussion on the local repeater this morning lead to this question: "Did 
> Yaesu ever make a FT101ZDA?" I know they labelled verious updates to the ZD as 
> the MKII and MKIII, but I seem to remember seeing one described as the FT101ZDA. 
> Don't know if they ever labelled it as such, and couldn't find anything on a 
> google search. Anyone else remember a FT101ZDA? 
> > 
> > And what was the difference between the MKI, MKII, and MKIII? I am pretty 
> certain that the MKI didn't have WARC bands, which were added in the MKII and 
> MKIII, but which one had the optional AM/FM board? 
> > 
> > 73s John NE0P 
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