Agree not worth it if you had to pay for it. But then how much time to people waist sitting in front of the TV etc and have no personal growth and nothing to show for their time. Its a shame we live is such a society. I like you enjoy the process of troubleshooting and putting this old stuff back in service. I learn something new every day! Thank you, I really enjoy your channel and its the most down to earth troubleshooting and repair channel there is!
This is an amazing series. Loved it. The discussion at the end sums up a lot of things. When we were young we did not have the money to afford, and it was hard to gain the knowledge required to be able to buy junk and fix it. Now we have the time and we can find the knowledge easier. So we can buy the radios we always wanted when we were younger and restore them. It may not be financially rewarding, but it is rewarding in almost every other way. Thanks for making this and restoring such a nice lineup.
ELNA caps are really good, industrial grade caps. But after 40 years, some of them go bad, of course. You decided well to recap the unit. Analog alignments are the best fun, they don't compare to the boring menu driven alignments modern transceivers have. This was a really nice and fun project to watch, and i hope to see more projects like this from you on this channel. (many of these old transceivers, like the Icom 202 are used for satellite and other very low noise communications. Newer transceivers are internal too noisy for this)
Greetings Stefan from the US. I just finished part 8. Having recently acquired a TS700A at a hamfest that needs some work, your series is more helpful than you will know. The hints and examples in your video will certainly help with the restoration of this A model. Looking forward to all your future videos. 73
Excellent job Stefan. I like your little collection of capacitors at the end of the video. You're correct regarding the size of new transceivers. My FT-991A is about a third of that size and has everything from 160 m to 70 cm. Regarding the number of man hours to restore such a gem is totally worth it if you have the ability to do it yourself.
Great! Congrats! What do I know for sure is that few guys in the world would know how to restore a piece of electronic like that. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Lieber Stefan, herzlichen Dank für den ausführlichen "Kenwood TS700" Service Lehrgang. Ich hege auch noch mit diesem Gerät viele Erinnerungen an meine Jugendzeit. Es war damals ein sehr fortschrittliches Gerät. Gewaltig welch Aufwand hier noch getrieben werden musste. Ja, damals gab es noch etwas für das Auge zum schauen. Als Line kannte ich diese Version noch garnicht. 73 von der Nordseeküste Ulrich, DF5LM 🥂
Ja, irgendwie gefallen mir diese alten Geräte auch besser, als die neuen. Ähnlich wie bei alten Autos, die neuen sind fast alle gleich, die alten haben noch eine gewisse Erscheinung.
@@dl7majstefan753 Ja genau ❗ Ach, mir fällt da gerade ein .. Du hast da auch so ein altes Röhrenvoltmeter, dass VT VM. Wie hast Du dort auf die eingebaute Batterie verzichtet ? Du sagtest etwas von einem Wandler?
Great Work
Agree not worth it if you had to pay for it. But then how much time to people waist sitting in front of the TV etc and have no personal growth and nothing to show for their time. Its a shame we live is such a society. I like you enjoy the process of troubleshooting and putting this old stuff back in service. I learn something new every day! Thank you, I really enjoy your channel and its the most down to earth troubleshooting and repair channel there is!
Whew! What a project! Incredible detail, and extremely valuable for anyone wanting to do the same job properly. Thanks for the experience, Stefan.
Tnx dr Manuel. But now i´m happy that this project is finished.
You are an amazing teacher, whether you aspire to or not. I enjoyed this series. Thank you. 👍🏻
This is an amazing series. Loved it. The discussion at the end sums up a lot of things. When we were young we did not have the money to afford, and it was hard to gain the knowledge required to be able to buy junk and fix it. Now we have the time and we can find the knowledge easier. So we can buy the radios we always wanted when we were younger and restore them. It may not be financially rewarding, but it is rewarding in almost every other way. Thanks for making this and restoring such a nice lineup.
Thanks dr OM(?)
ELNA caps are really good, industrial grade caps. But after 40 years, some of them go bad, of course. You decided well to recap the unit.
Analog alignments are the best fun, they don't compare to the boring menu driven alignments modern transceivers have.
This was a really nice and fun project to watch, and i hope to see more projects like this from you on this channel.
(many of these old transceivers, like the Icom 202 are used for satellite and other very low noise communications. Newer transceivers are internal too noisy for this)
Greetings Stefan from the US. I just finished part 8. Having recently acquired a TS700A at a hamfest that needs some work, your series is more helpful than you will know. The hints and examples in your video will certainly help with the restoration of this A model. Looking forward to all your future videos. 73
Good luck and 55; this TRX is worth to invest time.
Stefan you did the right thing changing the caps I always change caps
Great video, thanks Stefan
realy great to see and to learn i also like old tranceivers
Excellent job Stefan. I like your little collection of capacitors at the end of the video. You're correct regarding the size of new transceivers. My FT-991A is about a third of that size and has everything from 160 m to 70 cm. Regarding the number of man hours to restore such a gem is totally worth it if you have the ability to do it yourself.
It was indeed a lot of fun for me and a good teacher...hi
Outstanding job, as usual of course, Stefan! Already looking forward to your next project! 73 - Dino KLØS
Great! Congrats! What do I know for sure is that few guys in the world would know how to restore a piece of electronic like that. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks, but there are many "hidden chamions", but they don´t make YT videos
Lieber Stefan, herzlichen Dank für den ausführlichen "Kenwood TS700" Service Lehrgang. Ich hege auch noch mit diesem Gerät viele Erinnerungen an meine Jugendzeit. Es war damals ein sehr fortschrittliches Gerät. Gewaltig welch Aufwand hier noch getrieben werden musste. Ja, damals gab es noch etwas für das Auge zum schauen. Als Line kannte ich diese Version noch garnicht. 73 von der Nordseeküste Ulrich, DF5LM 🥂
Ja, irgendwie gefallen mir diese alten Geräte auch besser, als die neuen. Ähnlich wie bei alten Autos, die neuen sind fast alle gleich, die alten haben noch eine gewisse Erscheinung.
@@dl7majstefan753 Ja genau ❗ Ach, mir fällt da gerade ein .. Du hast da auch so ein altes Röhrenvoltmeter, dass VT VM. Wie hast Du dort auf die eingebaute Batterie verzichtet ? Du sagtest etwas von einem Wandler?
@@ulrichhensel8171 Hallo Ulrich, schick mir Bitte Deine eMailadresse. Du findest meine unter ABOUT
thanks Stefan for the video! why is there an external VFO if there is already an internal one ?
Sometimes especially during DXing (split operation) or contest, there is a 2nd VFO wanted for observing a 2nd frequency