[Boatanchors] reduce power on ranger

[rbethman]

Nick,

I don't know when it started, but when I got my Novice in '80, Novice 
tickets allowed VFOs.  My Novice rig was a SB-102/SP-600/HP-23x package.

Bob - N0DGN
>
>> FWIW - Here's a 2E26 Ranger that I picked up at a hamfest some years 
>> back
>> http://www.virhistory.com/ham/ranger.htm
>> I believe a club had converted it to be a Novice loaner (when did 
>> Novices
>> get VFO privileges?)
>> Besides stripping out the audio stages, they put in a 2E26 running 
>> off the
>> LV supply and with an extra cathode resistor.
>> Sorry I don't have any more details as I converted it back to stock.
>>
>> Note on the PA cathode resistor - the Navy AN/FRT-17 that I just got 
>> back
>> on the air has a 4-400 PA with a rheostat in the filament xfmr center 
>> tap
>> to ground - for cranking back to 1/2 or 1/4 power as desired (ganged 
>> with
>> another rheostat in the 4-125 modulator filament circuit) - I'd never 
>> seen
>> that before.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Nick
>> ================
>> Nick England K4NYW
>> www.navy-radio.com