[Johnson] Thunderbolt and Valiant

[Peter Markavage]

I use my 756 PRO II to drive either my Johnson Thunderbolt and or my
Johnson 6N2 Thunderbolt. You can crank the output power of the PRO down
to a few watts. The Thunderbolts work great on either SSB or AM and you
don't have to diddle with attenuator type pads. I've used my Ranger with
the T-bolt after modifying the Ranger to have a variable screen voltage
control for the output tube.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 16:32:43 -0600 <w4rl at bellsouth.net> writes:
> Larry, I know what you mean as I have been there and still 
> stuck....for seveal years.  For me, there is not much advantage in 
> using a Valiant and T-Bolt together.  There is a fellow ham that 
> produces the attenuator for such, or maybe the Ranger.  Fellas, 
> correct me.  I have a Ranger here and the T-Bolt, but I have just 
> been happy with my Valiant and 32V-2.  To tell you the truth, I 
> retired a few years ago, and finally gave this old boy a gift.  
> 756ProIII that I have paired up with my IC-2KL and AT-500.  One of 
> the reasons I got the ProIII is because of the excellent AM it 
> (re)produces.  No flames please.  But at my age, when I want some 
> easy power, I just use the sandstate stuff, and no one has noticed 
> while on the air that the station online is absent of glow bottles.  
> Don't get me wrong, if I were 20 years younger (dream on, Rob) I'd 
> tackle the beast.  I have it (T-Bolt) and an Eldico SSB-1000 linear 
> (which will do our favorite mode FB purchased for the 32V-2) just 
> setting on the dolly carts in the garage.  Tetrode linears just 
> don't like to easily dance with 100 watts AM rigs especially in 
> Florida summers.  <grin>
> 
> My two cents.
> 
> vry bst 73 to u de robert w4rl pensacola fl