[Johnson] Re: Johnson Digest, Vol 23, Issue 13

Sun Dec 11 10:11:24 EST 2005

John,

I know where there is a Thunderbolt.

Chuck K1TLI
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>   1. Re: Valiant to give away plus cash (Brian)
>   2. Valiant Operational (John Lawson)
>   3. Valiant Success (John Lawson)
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> Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 04:57:01 -0800 (PST)
> From: Brian <AF4K at spamarrest.com>
> Subject: Re: [Johnson] Valiant to give away plus cash
> To: John Lawson <jpl15 at panix.com>, johnson at mailman.qth.net
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> On Thu Dec 08 22:35:37 PST 2005, John Lawson <jpl15 at panix.com>
> wrote:
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>> My question is - what's the easiest and least
>> invasive/alignment-disturbing way to remedy this lovely situation
>
> Don't throw that Valiant away! (shameless promotion I guess)
>
> Just get a 3880 kHz crystal from me!
> If you want to mostly run AM on it, I have most of
> the popular frequencies. No waiting for warm-up, no drift,
> and you can wait until it would be FUN again to repair
> that VFO at your own pace.
>
> List of available crystals for your rig at:
> http://www.af4k.com/crystals.htm
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 19:16:49 -0500 (EST)
> From: John Lawson <jpl15 at panix.com>
> Subject: [Johnson] Valiant Operational
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>
>   The RTV silicone on the VFO coupling seems to have done the trick - I
> remoted the 18K resistor and changed it to a 10W (because that's what I
> had in the parts bins) and took my sweet time re-assembling the old girl.
>
>   After getting the VFO can back together, and replacing the 'missing'
> screws, I did a check with my freq counter: the VFO ouput, as read at the
> grids of the 6146s, is within about -1KC of the dial setting - so be it.
> It is tracking linearly according to the book, so I'm going to Leave Well
> Enough Alone.
>
>   Just finished putting her back in the cabinet and tuned up on the load -
> everything seems "OPs Normal" as the old Air Boss might say.  Knob
> settings are a bit different (less than 2) for the Exciter and Final - but
> I had 'em off their shafts, and re-zeroed them at 'full mesh' as the book
> sez.
>
>
>   Now - to wait for 80M to get a little stronger here in DM09fg, then -
> we'll see if she actually *talks*.
>
>  "The Proof of the Pudding is in the Signal Report" - as They might say.
>
>
>
>    Cheers
>
> John  KB6SCO
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 03:19:05 -0500 (EST)
> From: John Lawson <jpl15 at panix.com>
> Subject: [Johnson] Valiant Success
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>
>   Starting at about 10:30PM Local (PST), on 3.870 - engaged in QSO with
> Dave, WJ6W in Los Angeles, hitting my R-388 at +40 to +50 indicated.
> Participating also in this group were at one time as many as 9 or 10 other
> stations, such as K7YOO in Winona, MI - giving me a solid 50+ "armchair
> copy" the whole evening, even as band conditions changed.
>
>   Speaking with Dave was my first ever AM QSO, and the first HF QSO I've
> conducted in about 7 years, save for some very limited RTTY and PSK31 on
> 20, a few years back.
>
>   Mike, KO6NM, (Also in the Los Angeles area) gave me a very gratifying
> report - apparently the Old Girl is putting out a not-so-bad signal.
> Well: two-way communication occurred - that is one of the criteria, no?
>
>   This evening I used an EV 668 broadcast mic, into an M-Audio preamp, a
> Furman compressor/limiter, thence into the mic input of the Valiant thru
> suitable pads. Modulation swings were up to about 200mA and the carrier
> was around 110 watts into the feedline - the FenceLoop is still tuning
> very nicely at 1:1.05....  can't complain. We'll see in the next few days
> how it does on other bands.
>
>
>
>   So a very great THANK YOU!!! to the many folks who have helped me along
> with my Valiant 'restoration' - there are still things to be done to the
> rig, but now that it's putting out modulated RF, I think I'll turn to
> getting the Ranger back on the air, acquiring a new jug for my Ameritron
> AL-80, and....  (someday!) finding a Thunderbolt.
>
>
>   THEN - there's a nice RCA or Collins BC Xmtr out there waiting for me to
> come and haul it home...
>
>    And I'll need about 100 acres for the multiple rhombics...
>
>    Ionosphere: Be afraid. Be very, very afraid!
>
>
> Cheers and Best of the Season!
>
>
> John  KB6SCO
>
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