Yaesu FT-101TT Prototype

On September 21, 2004, Fox Tango received an overnight airmail letter from Japan — from the Yaesu Fukushima factory, courtesy of Mr. Sakono Hajigawa, Vice President of Yaesu.

He wanted the Fox Tango club to see pictures of its never-released FT-101TT prototype.

Designed in 1979 and scheduled for release by late 1980. The final compartment contained four 6JS6A tubes with a peak final input of 960 watts.

Sadly, due to the transceiver’s large size and weight, the project was cancelled in favor of the smaller FT-101ZD. Nearly 35 years after FT-101 series production ended, these details were released to the public.

When BIG was better!!

This concept was created before digital A/B VFO capabilities in modern transceivers — dual VFO in a package weighing 60 pounds.