[Boatanchors] Boatanchors Digest, Vol 60, Issue 46
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Fri Jan 30 09:40:08 EST 2009
I have a nice Viking ll CDC model I would like to sell. Back surgery prevents me from wrestling these anymore. I'll entertain decent offers. Pick up permitted, I'm located Northeast of Detroit. Shipping via Fedex to continental U. S. only. Rick K8PJQ reply directly to: rdavis7 at comcast.net
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> 1. Re: Lafayette HE-50 vs HE-50A (Peter A Markavage)
> 2. Motorola Civil Defense Low Band FM Units (Richard Arland)
> 3. Re: Civil Defense Viking II (Joe Eide)
> 4. Re: Civil Defense Viking II (Bob Hardie- W5UQ)
> 5. Re: Civil Defense Viking II (Grant Youngman)
> 6. Re: Civil Defense Viking II (Carl)
> 7. Re: Ten Tec Omni D segment display needed (Ron.K3PID)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:58:40 -0500
> From: Peter A Markavage <manualman at juno.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Lafayette HE-50 vs HE-50A
> To: lafayette at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net, manualman at juno.com
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> No wiring differences. Real early 50's (and very few actually got sold)
> had a slightly different set of small knobs.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> http://www.manualman.com
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>
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:07:14 -0600 "Larry WA9VRH" <wa9vrh at dishmail.net>
> writes:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > Does anyone know what the differences are between the Lafayette
> > HE-50 and
> > HE-50A 10M transceivers?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Larry WA9VRH
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:05:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Richard Arland <richard.arland at att.net>
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Motorola Civil Defense Low Band FM Units
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
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> Hi gang:
>
>
> I have a pair of circa 1958 Motorola D41GGVs (I think): vacuum tube VHF low band
> transceivers. These have the intergril control head on the end of the box. They
> appear to be in very good condx on the inside (one has a key so I got into them
> and looked them over). Single chnl, with xtal ovens, rocked up on 30MHz (in that
> area...don't remember the actual freq). They would be good for display or to put
> on the air on 10MFM. Both have CD stickers on the front of the control heads. No
> manals, DC wiring harness, or mics; just the radios.
>
> Anyone want these two relics. Right now they are taking up space that I need for
> other gear. If no one is interested I intend to strip them out, use the PSUs for
> other boatanchor/QRP projects, and cannabalize the RX/TX strips for parts.
>
> Pls reply off-list.
>
> vy 73 Rich K7SZ
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> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:13:35 -0600
> From: Joe Eide <jeide at execpc.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Civil Defense Viking II
> To: "Michael D. Harmon" <mharmon at att.net>, boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
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> Hi Mike,
>
> If I remember correctly, the Viking II CDC was different in the
> following ways:
>
> 1. Continuous coverage from 1.7~30 mc
> 2. Three wire mic connector with built in PTT relay
> 3. Another tube and an over modulation circuit
> 4. I think the band switch had frequency vs Ham band markings.
>
> I recently got rid of my CDC model and it was slightly different than my
> non-CDC model.
>
> 73,
>
> Joe - KB9R
>
>
> Michael D. Harmon wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > I have seen a couple of pictures of a special "Civil Defense" model
> > Viking II, and in fact, there's one on EBay right now. What I would
> > like to know is if someone could explain the difference(s) between the
> > standard Viking II and the "Civil Defense" model. The seller of the one
> > on EBay describes the transmitter as "continuous tuning from 1.7 - 30
> > MHz". Since the Viking II uses a roller inductor in the tank circuit, I
> > just assumed all of the Viking II's would pretty much tune up anywhere
> > on the HF bands. I guess I was mistaken. I've had my Viking II about 6
> > mos, but due to antenna space restrictions at my current residence, I
> > haven't put it on the air yet. Once I get moved into my new house, that
> > situation will be rectified post-haste!
> >
> > Anyway, I would be deeply grateful if someone could explain the
> > differences between the two versions of the Viking II, and if there are
> > actual component differences, I'd love to have a copy of the manual if
> > someone has (what I assume is) the special manual which covers the
> > "Civil Defense" version of the Viking II.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Mike, WB0LDJ
> > mharmon at att dot net
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> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:18:52 -0500
> From: Bob Hardie- W5UQ <W5UQ at verizon.NET>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Civil Defense Viking II
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> Yes... "what he said"... Joe, that is... :-)
> Bob
>
> Joe Eide wrote:
> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > If I remember correctly, the Viking II CDC was different in the
> > following ways:
> >
> > 1. Continuous coverage from 1.7~30 mc
> > 2. Three wire mic connector with built in PTT relay
> > 3. Another tube and an over modulation circuit
> > 4. I think the band switch had frequency vs Ham band markings.
> >
> > I recently got rid of my CDC model and it was slightly different than
> > my non-CDC model.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Joe - KB9R
> >
> >
> > Michael D. Harmon wrote:
> >> Hi Folks,
> >>
> >> I have seen a couple of pictures of a special "Civil Defense" model
> >> Viking II, and in fact, there's one on EBay right now. What I would
> >> like to know is if someone could explain the difference(s) between the
> >> standard Viking II and the "Civil Defense" model. The seller of the one
> >> on EBay describes the transmitter as "continuous tuning from 1.7 - 30
> >> MHz". Since the Viking II uses a roller inductor in the tank circuit, I
> >> just assumed all of the Viking II's would pretty much tune up anywhere
> >> on the HF bands. I guess I was mistaken. I've had my Viking II about 6
> >> mos, but due to antenna space restrictions at my current residence, I
> >> haven't put it on the air yet. Once I get moved into my new house, that
> >> situation will be rectified post-haste!
> >>
> >> Anyway, I would be deeply grateful if someone could explain the
> >> differences between the two versions of the Viking II, and if there are
> >> actual component differences, I'd love to have a copy of the manual if
> >> someone has (what I assume is) the special manual which covers the
> >> "Civil Defense" version of the Viking II.
> >>
> >> Thanks!
> >>
> >> Mike, WB0LDJ
> >> mharmon at att dot net
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:23:10 -0600
> From: Grant Youngman <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Civil Defense Viking II
> To: Boatanchors list <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
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> Since I want to bid on it, you should know that the CD is the least
> desirable of all Viking II radios, and you should pass :) :)
>
> Grant/NQ5T
> On Jan 29, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Peter A Markavage wrote:
>
> > There are component and wiring differences between the two Viking
> > II's.
> > The oscillator and buffer coils have additional taps on them in the
> > CDC
> > version. There is an additional coil (L7 I think) in the final. Some
> > additional components around the mike jack. An added rectifier diode
> > off
> > the modulation secondary. Probably a few other differences.
> >
> > Pete, wa2cwa
> > http://www.manualman.com
> >
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:49:36 -0500
> From: "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Civil Defense Viking II
> To: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>, "Boatanchors list"
> <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <C67F7C802664417A978B9345D0EA083F at KITTYMA123>
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> Good luck if you intend to bid on a RadioMart auction!!
>
> Carl
> KM1H
>
>
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> From: "Grant Youngman" <nq5t at tx.rr.com>
> To: "Boatanchors list" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 6:23 PM
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Civil Defense Viking II
>
>
> > Since I want to bid on it, you should know that the CD is the least
> > desirable of all Viking II radios, and you should pass :) :)
> >
> > Grant/NQ5T
> > On Jan 29, 2009, at 4:51 PM, Peter A Markavage wrote:
> >
> >> There are component and wiring differences between the two Viking
> >> II's.
> >> The oscillator and buffer coils have additional taps on them in the
> >> CDC
> >> version. There is an additional coil (L7 I think) in the final. Some
> >> additional components around the mike jack. An added rectifier diode
> >> off
> >> the modulation secondary. Probably a few other differences.
> >>
> >> Pete, wa2cwa
> >> http://www.manualman.com
> >>
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> Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:02:10 -0600
> From: "Ron.K3PID" <ron.k3pid at sbcglobal.net>
> Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Ten Tec Omni D segment display needed
> To: "Greg Mijal" <bluebirdtele at embarqmail.com>,
> <Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
> Message-ID: <338D176234DE466A8EF34AEC346F1ED4 at CYCLOPS>
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> I have a pretty complete cross reference library Greg, are there any markings on
> it at all?
>
> Ron H
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> From: Greg Mijal
> To: Boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:59 PM
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Ten Tec Omni D segment display needed
>
>
> Hi:
> It's so cold this year all I'm doing is hanging around the ham shack (very
> warm) and fixing old ham gear.
> I'm looking for one display segment for the Ten Tec Omni D transceiver. It's
> a digitial 7 segment display and doesn't seem to cross reference with anything
> on the market now days.
> The one I need is the tenth's of kiloherz display just right of hundred's of
> kiloherz display segment.
> Otherwise it's a running radio and very good on cw.
> Will buy or trade good ham geear.
> Thanks
> Greg
> WA7LYO
> Kinston, NC
>
>
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