[Johnson] another question

[KENNETH A CRIPS]

I have a minor and irritating problem with My Viking II.  It blows it's fuse 
regularly
Here is what it does.  when I am tuning it up going back and forth between 
the controls
bringing it into tune.  What happens is as I am watching the meter in the 
plate position
as I tweak and dip the plates the needle will slowly creep up and up, and if 
I don't un key it will suddenly zoom up peg it's self and the fuse blows. I 
have checked and tweaked, replaced, adjusted the voltage divider, idle 
current, etc. this Viking II has the clamp tube and it is adjusted as it 
should be. Does anyone have a tip as to what to look at. The radio sounds 
great on the air, but it seems to be fragile, look at it to hard a it blows 
the fuse.


Speaking of fusing, the Viking II's fusing is awful, ditto for the Viking I. 
It would be much better to have each of the power supplies fused on it's own 
with the present 5 amp fuse used as a master fuse. Has anyone done this. 
What I would like to know is what capacity fuses did you install for each of 
the power supplies.

                                Ken




Kenneth A. Crips, Amateur Radio Station W7ITC, Cheyenne, Wyoming with The 
Chew Crew II, Beezie, Chic' and Cowboy. Irish Terriers infamous for hogging 
the bed. shredding the furniture, and spelunking garbage sacks. This trio 
has the above human completely conned.