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

[Sherrill Watkins]

I am still living in 1958 and cherry cokes and '57 chevys and Ike is still
president and all the other neat things go through my head every day! My
novice license, kn4own, has not yet expired! I refuse to grow up, just older.
- 73- Sherrill W. k4own. 

-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth [mailto:crips01 at msn.com] 
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 11:01 AM
To: Sherrill Watkins; 'Glen Zook'; 'Ron Samchuk'; Johnson at mailman.qth.net
Subject: RE: [Johnson] Is the Johnson Viking II better than Heathkit DX 100 ?



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