[Johnson] Johnson Viking Navigator - Dial Problem

Fri, 15 Mar 2002 21:40:08 -0500

For me, it's about remembering. I remember I wanted one. It wouldn't
hold a candle to my modern stuff. But I did think it was good looking.
I never got to own one. I wanted a Courier to go with it. Didn't get
that either. You know food, mortgage, etc, and a budget. I did manage
a ratty Ranger at one point, and a home-made 4x811A KW amp.

So now have a Courier, Ranger, 75A3, and all will be like new at some
point. Why? Just getting even or something.

Since I have to do external switching, etc with them, I'll probably
cheat with time-managed reed relays, keyed external speaker mute,
etc., and setup some full break-in. Gut one of those Johnson TR
switches I see all the time and build the circuitry to fit inside it.

It'll be a break-in that will make you cry. Stuff you just can't
possibly do with transceivers, not even the best ones. No thumps, no
clicks, no AGC pumping, just your carefully keyed transmitted signal
as heard by the RX, gently overriding the completely unaffected
incoming signals.

Cheat some more and run the 75A3 and the Ranger on a constant voltage
transformer, all out of sight of course.

Get on 40m and work some dx with the Courier on the 3 element beam.

Some studio quality audio with BC style compression for the Ranger on
160 AM.

So, you see, doesn't matter if the original Ranger had pinched audio,
or the Courier was a beast to get tuned right with a Ranger, or it
drifted, or...

I'll make it all work better even than my rosier-than-justified memory
of it.

See, the Navigator would have saved me messing with the studio quality
audio and BC style compression.

It's all in how ya look at it.

73, Guy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "wb4mnf" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Johnson Viking Navigator - Dial Problem

It's nice looking, small. Built in VFO. I'm after a ratty
to average example as I want a small BA TX for the new small
domicile. Problem is, since they are "rare" folks are trying
to make them all look new and then want $450 to $550 for
their trouble. I may just give up and build something.

-bob

Cal Eustaquio wrote:

> What's the big deal about the Navigator? I had three of them in my
> lifetime and quite frankly, didn' see the point of keeping 'em
> around. Sold them all. My Ranger was more sturdily built and rugged
> compared to those smallish units. Plus, they didn't have the power
> out capability. Why the "woop?" I'd like to know (beyond any
> particular collector value).
>
> Cal N6KYR
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