[Johnson] Is the Johnson Viking II better than Heathkit DX 100 ?

[Kenneth]

There is no point in trying to decide which transmitter is better then the
other. This might be a valid topic if a person where back in the '50's and
early '60's and was going out a purchase any of these units new.  But 40 or
50 years down the road this is not the way to look at it. Each of these
rigs, transmitter or receiver, or any other vintage electronic device should
be looked at as the expression of electronic engineers working at the time.
All of this equipment does the same thing what fascinates me is how they do
it. Each piece of gear you look at is like a book the pages of which are
wire and device.

                         Ken de W7ITC