[Johnson] Ranger relay sockets

Sat, 10 Jan 2004 07:46:50 -0800

John....that's a silly solution but I am not the only one of those
thousands of hams that remove that fused line cord and that porcelain
connector thingie....
I don't care about the metal hacking of something that is clearly a
dangerous design.....
Johnson should have and probably did know better.
This is kinda like this country...someone has to step up to the plate
and do what needs to be done instead of talking nice and politically
correct.
These things WILL be changed on all similarly wired rigs that come
through this station.

Regards

Dave Harmon
NSRCA 586
K6XYZ[at]comcast[dot]net
Torrance, Ca.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 5:55 AM
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Subject: [Johnson] Ranger relay sockets

>David Harmon <[email protected]> wrote:The last line says it
all...those
>porcelain sockets are even more
>dangerous than the line cord plug. I chop those dang things out of
there
>and use a chassis punch for a round, 2 pin Jones connector that I mount
>with pop rivets.

Ouch! 

It's much easier (and easier on original old Rangers) to religiously
ground the chassis, use a properly installed three wire cord, and most
importantly of all, use a modicum of common sense, and continue to use
the original EFJ socket.  It wouldn't be my first choice (now) as a
designer,
but it served thousands of hams for decades without any problem.

My three rangers have operated for 15 years in my care with the original
socket, and I'm still here to tell about it! :-)

All of this stuff is somewhat dangerous... try a lysco transmitter, with
an
uninsulated B+ jumper exposed on the back panel... the Heath amp
(Warrior?) with full B+ on the meter...  there's risk in all this old
gear.
We're a lot more cautious (worried, afraid, fearful...pick your term)
these
days than we used to be. Sometimes that's good, other times not.

A great deal of metal hacking, worry and anguish can be eliminated by
using the best safety implement that we have...the grey matter between
our ears.

Respectfully
John K5MO

"Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges." 

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