[Boatanchors] More Ranger

[Lawrence Godek]

For those following this thread and did not see some of the things i  
said, here is some more info.

I had been using the transmitter with regularity, no idea why all of a 
sudden it would make a big flash and then quit.  However when i turn the 
transmitter from off to the Tune position, all the filaments light as 
normal but there is a missing sound and action.  When i turn the switch 
to Am or Phone and CW the small red lamp on the front panel lights up 
but nothing else happens.

In looking around a i found 3 pieces of a resistor, green/brown/silver 
which means it it 67 ohms divided by 100.  well i don't have any 
resistors like that shown on the parts list. However on the backside of 
the back wafer on that switch there is another resistor of identical 
value.  There are only two shunts with a value close to that and they 
are listed as .51 ohms

It would appear that as these transmitters went along in their 
development changes in some values were made bu documentation did not 
follow up.  I am wondering that with all the rangers built that are 
still around if there isn't someone out there with perhaps a manual 
reflecting these changes.

Needless to say if i can't find where this resistor blew up it's gonna 
be difficult to fix this rig.  I don't see anything anyplace that has 
the remenents of that resistor not even the wire stubs that were 
soldered to something.

A challenge indeed.

Larry W0OGH