[AMRadio] Seeking advice for 1st time restoration -- Viking II

[Bill Harris]

The Viking II came out with the newly released 6146's.....Viking I used a 4D32, which was, in my opinion, a more robust tube but a few bucks more. Unfortunately, the bean counters at Johnson won out.Later 
BillHarris-w7kxb 

> Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 05:54:29 -0500
> From: w5omr at att.net
> To: amradio at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Seeking advice for 1st time restoration -- Viking II
> 
> On 07/17/2011 06:59 PM, J. Mark Bolton wrote:
> > Geoff:
> >
> > Thanks for the good advice on restoring the Viking II.  I laughed when you
> > mentioned installing a pair of 6146's.  Oops! I did leave those out didn't
> > I.  They were missing from the hamfest radio but I picked up a pair from
> > another hamfest tube man before I left.
> >
> > Which brings up another question.  I intentionally purchased two RCA 6146's,
> > not 6146As or Bs. Somewhere I remember hearing that this old transmitter was
> > designed and built before the advent of the later generations of the 6146.
> > Any truth to that? Does it matter?
> 
> I'm sure some purist will say it does, but the spec sheets say that they 
> are unilaterally interchangeable.
>