[ForSale-Swap] Re: Johnson Valiant. - SOLD -

[Joseph Lutz]

Subject says it all - tks to all - will repost if necessary.
73,
Joe

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joseph Lutz" <kwz99 at comcast.net>
To: <ForSale-Swap at mailman.qth.net>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 22:28
Subject: FS: Johnson Valiant.


> For Sale:
> 
> Johnson Valiant - built in early 60's by me while in USN
> up in Washington state.  Used very little while I was 
> there, but it worked real good while signing W7ZQV/KG6
> during my 'visit' to Guam.  Sat around not used for 
> quite awhile as I was sent to places that I could not operate
> after that.  Did get back on the air with the old girl in
> late 70's while signing W7LPF/DU2 - and it was doing
> super job until the day the gang landed on Spratley Is 
> when the PS decided to go.  I ordered another one from
> Johnson, and also ordered a HW-101 - and had that 
> built and on the air before I got the replacement xfmr
> and wiring harness for the Valiant - so it go little
> use after it was back 'on-line'.  Anyway, it has been
> just sitting and it is time for someone to give it a 
> good home.  In all of the moves I have misplaced
> one of the knobs, but will go on a search and destroy
> mission to try and find it - I think it is in one of those
> little drawers [that holds everything!!].  It will be
> sold 'as-is', due to it being sitting for years - the 
> inside looks good, so does the outside - it
> does has a 'sticker' that my son put on the front of
> it of 'Voltare' the warrior he used to watch in the
> P.I.  [It also did great work when my oldest daughter
> that was born on Guam, had colic and couldn't get
> to sleep - would bring her by the operating posit
> and she would lay there and fall asleep watching the
> 866A's glow as I keyed them].
> Anyway, will offer it first as: Pickup only' - I will
> not ship the unit [it is not in my best interest to pick
> it up after having a humdinger of an hernia op this
> past year].  If I cannot find local interest to pick up
> then I will consider parting it out - maybe.
> So - Price is $200.00 - w/spare 866A's and I have
> some spare 6146's I think still left.  
> I have the manual [assembly] that I used building
> it - and also a real good repo of the manual that
> I ordered years ago.
> I am located in WPA - 9 miles north of Ligonier
> off of Route 711.  
> 73,
> Joe W7LPF/3 WPA
>