[Johnson] Question on a Valiant.

Sun, 7 Jul 2002 12:10:10 -0500

Cal,
I am using a Collins 302C-3 wattmeter and the wattmeter in the MFJ
tuner/antenna switch, both read about the same, also I have checked it on a
Drake W4 and a few others laying around the shack and they all say about the
same thing, if anyone has any ideas I will pass it along to the group.

Thanks & 73's Dutch
Please visit my Collins web-site
http://users2.ev1.net/~wb7dyw/
And my new R-390 Page.
http://www.qsl.net/wb7dyw

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of kwylow zinjanthropus
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:04 PM
To: [email protected]; Johnson@Mailman. Qth. Net
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Question on a Valiant.

Dutch:
What are you using to measure power output of your Val? You didn't make that
part clear (was it a watt meter)? Also, were you connected up to a dummy
load?
A few years ago, K6RB (Rob Brownstein) wrote an article on the meter
readings of his Valiant being to high or low (I forgot which). That didn't
affect his power out, however. It annoyed him that he wasn't getting a
correct reading on the front panel. Let us know and thanks.
Cal
  Dutch WB7DYW <[email protected]> wrote: I have a Johnson Viking Valiant that
loads to 330 mills and has a 115 watt
carrier, I have put new 6146B tubes in it and still no change.
Rig will load to 150 watts with the Plate current running @ 400 mills but
the finals seem to be taking it OK and do not cherry when running it that
high.
I know that it should not be running that high but I wanted to get it
running to specs, I have checked the shunt resistor across the meter and it
is 5.1 Ohm's and everything looks normal, anyone have any ideas as to why
it's running so low???
BTW I know there is no difference on the other end of the QSO between 115
and 150 watts I just wanted it to run as it is supposed to, any ideas???

Thanks & 73's Dutch
Please visit my Collins web-site
http://users2.ev1.net/~wb7dyw/
And my new R-390 Page.
http://www.qsl.net/wb7dyw

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