[AMRadio] Seeking top cabinet cover for Johnson Viking II

[Jim Wilhite]

Not "solid state" from what I read

Jim/W5JO


----- Original Message ----- 

> What is proper?
>
> On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 8:54 PM, J. Mark Bolton
> <coastalemc at coastalnow.net>wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone.
>>
>> I am a ham new to the AM world. I grew up as a teenager working 
>> around an
>> AM
>> broadcast station and now I am desperately trying to get my first 
>> "proper"
>> AM transmitter project on the air. Right now all I have is a ricebox 
>> (a
>> Yaesu FT-450). I was fortunate enough to find a restorable Johnson 
>> Viking
>> II
>> at the Orlando Hamfest this summer and brought it home along with 2 
>> new
>> 6146s and a manual.
>>
>> But alas, my $50 radio is missing the top cover! It is otherwise 100
>> percent
>> complete and has not been modified or had any holes drilled in the 
>> cabinet.
>> My first effort has been to replace the electrolytic capacitors.
>>
>> Now I desperately need a top cover. Does anyone have a parts radio 
>> they
>> would like to sell (with a good lid). I will be coming to the
>> Lawrenceville/Stone Mountain Georgia Hamfest Saturday November 5th in 
>> the
>> event you are also planning to attend.
>>
>> Please take a look at my beginning efforts to restore this radio.
>>
>> http://ka4cid.blogspot.com/
>>
>>
>> This is my first project so any and all advice is welcomed and 
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you kindly!