[AMRadio] Ranger vs T-150 vs Elmac vs DX-100

[Bob Macklin]

I have to buy my toys on ebay. Both the Ranger and DX-100 get a lot of 
attention on eBay.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JAMES HANLON" <knjhanlon at msn.com>
To: "AMradio" <amradio at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 4:16 PM
Subject: [AMRadio] Ranger vs T-150 vs Elmac vs DX-100


> If a Ranger is a little pricey for you, consider an Elmac AF-67 or AF-68. 
> They are both single 6146 rigs like the Ranger with high level plate 
> modulation and a built-in vfo.  The AF-67 covers 160 through 10 meters, 
> bandswitched of course, and the AF-68 covers 80 through 6 meters.  They 
> were both targeted for the mobile rig market, so they do not have a 
> built-in power supply.  Elmac power supplies are available, however, or 
> they operate handily from a home-brew supply or something like a Heathkit 
> HP-23.
>
> Another rig you might want to consider if you have a little more room 
> would be a DX-100.  It has a pair of 6146's, push-pull 1625 high level 
> plate modulators, a built-in vfo, and it is bandswitching from 160 through 
> 10 meters.  Heath made a large number of them and they cost only $10 more 
> than a Ranger, so there are still a lot of them around.  I have a DX-100 
> and several Johnson products including a Valiant, a Viking 1 with a Heath 
> VF-1 vfo, a Viking 2 with a Johnson vfo, and an Adventurer with a Johnson 
> vfo.  In my opinion, the VF-1 vfo and the vfo in the DX-100 have less 
> long-term drift than the Johnson vfos do.  The Vikings are also good AM 
> transmitters.  The Viking 1 was designed with a 4D32 in the final and 
> modulated by a pair of 807s.  (The 4D32 was hard to find during the Korean 
> War when many Viking 1s were sold, so many folks substituted an 829B or a 
> pair of 807s instead.)  The Viking 2 uses a pair of 6146s modulated by 
> 807s.
>
> 73,
>
> Jim, W8KGI
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