[Johnson] Push to Talk for Ranger 1

Gary H. Harmon Jr. gharmon at idworld.net
Tue Jan 17 23:48:57 EST 2006


Hi John,

I'd appreciate scans of the PTT as well as the keyer mods if possible.

Thanks and 73, gary

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Gary H. Harmon, Jr.
K5JWK
6003 Archwood
San Antonio, TX 78239-1504
210.657.1549 home
210.884.6926 cell



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Lawson
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 10:43 PM
To: John King
Cc: johnson at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Johnson] Push to Talk for Ranger 1



On Tue, 17 Jan 2006, John King wrote:

> Just acquired a very nice looking Ranger 1 that
> appears to work well. It has no push to talk. I have
> seen a push to talk mod however it seems to mutillate
> the Ranger if I remember correctly.
>
> Does anyone know of a sanitary modification to add PTT
> to the Ranger 1 ??

   The PTT mod in the Johnson Ranger book does not seem to 'mutilate' the 
radio, if done properly and with a bit of taste and discretion - it 
involves installing a small relay, a couple of resistors and a capacitor - 
the some cut/changes to a few of the wires - but aside from drilling a #6 
or #8 sized hole in the chassis to mount the relay - should be pretty 
sanitary.

   Unfortunately neither of mine have that - and but one does have the 
Keyer mod - I intend to add this PTT circuit to that one.


  I'd be happy to scan the relevant pages into a .pdf for you, if you don't 
have the manual with the rig.


  Cheers

John KB6SCO

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