[Boatanchors] WTB: Knightkit T-60 Transmitter

[Grant Youngman]

The Ranger is a decent radio.  I’ve restored, put in a few mods,  and used half a dozen of them.  I like the Viking II better than the Viking I, but both are nice radios.  The Viking II is arguably one of the best and most solid radios Johnson (or anyone else, including the venerated Collins) produced in it’s power class.  In a choice between the Viking and a 32V-something I’d take the Johnson any day — it will keep on trucking long after the others are spending most of their time on the bench.

Opinions of course, and we all have them :-)

Grant NQ5T

> On Jun 21, 2020, at 7:25 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I paid $200 for a Ranger 1 around 9 or 10 years ago and one is enough.
> I don't think they're very good rigs (I'm trying to exercise
> restraint).  Anyone new to vintage radio would do well to avoid them
> and go with something like a Viking 1 for AM or CW in my opinion.  CW
> operators have CW only rigs as options as well, and they are simpler,
> and easier to work on.  The Ranger is a beguiling rig, all cute and
> pretty.  Run away!
> 
> Rob
> K5UJ
> 
>> 
>> A Ranger sold recently for around $1600.  Rangers are nice vintage rigs, but not THAT nice, regardless of the condition they’re in.
>> 
>> They might even be more common than they are, if it wasn’t for the guys who have 20 of them stacked on shelves out in the barn … :-)
>> 
>> Grant NQ5T