Back in the day these were a great little radio for field day and a day outdoors. My first radio was a Yaesu FT101EX and just a few years later came this little gem. Thanks Brenton for the look back. 73 Joe
I have a TS-680, same radio with six meters. Just FYI, it has one antenna port just like the 140. Very nice radio, the only rig I ever spent real money on and it was worth it.
I have a 120v and 140s as my main rigs in my shack. I’ve done the all band mod on the 140 to get on 60 meters. Both sound great on receive, a cheap way to get on the HF frequencies. I often take both with me when I go camping and get fantastic signal reports even with the 140’s power turned right down. Just need to keep a can of spray handy for the annoying slider controls.
You can stop light flickering in video by adjusting your shutter speed to roughly double the frame rate at which you record, setting the frame rate to a multiple of the electrical supply's frequency.
Worked the world on the TS-680S (same as the 140 but with 6 meters and without the vox). Noisy receive AF amplifier but otherwise a wonderful radio and generally affordable too.
Actually, Noise Blanker 2 was designed to limit Rx interference from the Russian OTHR (the Wood Pecker), ie: pulse noises with a longer duration than can be handled by NB1.
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Back in the day these were a great little radio for field day and a day outdoors. My first radio was a Yaesu FT101EX and just a few years later came this little gem. Thanks Brenton for the look back. 73 Joe
I have a TS-680, same radio with six meters. Just FYI, it has one antenna port just like the 140. Very nice radio, the only rig I ever spent real money on and it was worth it.
I have a 120v and 140s as my main rigs in my shack. I’ve done the all band mod on the 140 to get on 60 meters. Both sound great on receive, a cheap way to get on the HF frequencies. I often take both with me when I go camping and get fantastic signal reports even with the 140’s power turned right down. Just need to keep a can of spray handy for the annoying slider controls.
I have this radio and have worked the world on it. A great little radio, but was overshadowed by the 440.
Hello Brenton. Thanks for another excellent radio video. Take care of you. Mike in Canada.
You can stop light flickering in video by adjusting your shutter speed to roughly double the frame rate at which you record, setting the frame rate to a multiple of the electrical supply's frequency.
Worked the world on the TS-680S (same as the 140 but with 6 meters and without the vox). Noisy receive AF amplifier but otherwise a wonderful radio and generally affordable too.
I didn't know they made this model. Thanks for the share. 73 de VK2AOE
What a neat radio. Someone's going to get a nice tranciever. Reminds me of my Yaesu FT840.
Love to get one always liked them. They have great receve ⚡️
Hold in the clear button on power up and you'll get an extra digit on the frequency display.
Actually, Noise Blanker 2 was designed to limit Rx interference from the Russian OTHR (the Wood Pecker), ie: pulse noises with a longer duration than can be handled by NB1.
I have a perfect 690s and yes old Kenwood drive hard lol
The poor man's 440
Can’t beat a needle . A certain warmth they have over a meter
Yes great radio except for the slider pots. Constantly need cleaning. Not very precise power output control.
Put it head to head vs a 440