[Quoted from Donald Rasmussen]
Don,
The FT-102 has three 6156's, digital display and teh warc bands. I do believed
the 102 came out in 1983, plus or minus.
>
> To the best of my knowledge this family of radio is distinct for
> the other 101's, it came out in 1978 as the 101Z - no digital display -,
> then came the ZD in quick order which came with the digital display and the
> last of the ZD models included the WARC bands not just the space for them
> as was the case with the original ZD. I understand there are close links
> between the 101ZD and the 901 family.
>
> Hi Glen,
>
> Well, thats interesting, does your radio have 6JS6 finals? I'm assuming that
> the early Z's had 6146 finals and no WARC, and the WARC bands were added to
> the later models. I've also heard that WARCs were added in mid production to
> the 901's. I'm assuming there are some other models that I havn't listed, no
> offense please! Anyway, this fills in the timeline on the Z's, Thanks!
>
> Don Rasmussen WB8YQJ/6
> San Diego, Ca.
>
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