They're called boatanchors because they're so heavy (and some say because they have tubes.) It's more a nickname for the older radios than anything else.
The problem I see with most of the older Yaesu's (specifically the 101 series) is that CB'ers got their hands on 'em, put in the AM filters and stuck their golden screwdrivers in to max out the audio. What a stupid thing to do to a great old rig.
Fortunately there's alot of good resources on the net on how to restore the radio properly to its factory condition and "de-tune" what the CB'ers did to them. The old Yaesu FT-101's are great rigs. If you get it running right you'll absolutely love it. (I love mine.)
CLR2 Antenna? Wow, haven't heard anyone in YEARS refer to the baby Super Penetrator as the CLR2. You're old school! :-)
Tolja... So does the 'Super Penetrator' fix the problem with the loading coil? IIRC the CLR2 couldn't take much more than 150w... The Sigma did better. I had an AS Starduster so no trouble with wattage at all... It ain't a big thing - I am not figuring to run much power... for now :P
I heard that metal omni-directional antennas with ground-plane radials are illegal now... Illegal or grandfathered?
They're called boatanchors because they're so heavy (and some say because they have tubes.) It's more a nickname for the older radios than anything else.
Great. Then that's the way I am going to go. I am partial to the yaesu anyhoo, and I have been out of the loop so long...