[Johnson] Re: [AMRadio] EF Johnson museum
David C. Hallam
dhallam at rapidsys.com
Fri Jun 20 14:35:45 EDT 2008
I guess the Johnson Avenger was sort of like the Hallicrafters HT-36. A
little too expensive for its time although I believe Hallicrafters aimed it
mainly at the military rather than amateur use. As I understand
Hallicrafters made only a couple of HT-36's. I have never seen one or any
picture of one except for the brochure that Hallicrafters produced about it.
It describes the HT-36 and give a block diagram of it. I have a copy in my
file.
David
KC2JD/4
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> [mailto:johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Robert Nickels
> Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 1:32 PM
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> Subject: [Johnson] Re: [AMRadio] EF Johnson museum
>
>
> Peter Markavage wrote:
> > The Thunderbolts (all 3 models), the Adventurer, the Avenger, the
> > Navigator, and the Pacemaker weren't captured in any
> > picture.
> >
> >
> Hi Pete,
>
> Not to pick nits, but according to my Johnson literature, there was the
> "Thunderbolt" amplifier and the "6N2 Thunderbolt" amplifier, as well as
> the pictured "Courier" and the "Kilowatt" amplifier (which many hams
> call the "Desk Kilowatt" but Johnson didn't). Of course they were all
> "Vikings" as EFJ used that brand name across the entire transmitter and
> station accessory lines.
>
> As for the Avenger, what's that sitting to the left of the
> walkie-talkies in photo 10? Looks like the rare and beautiful Avenger
> to me! According to what I've read, only about 50 were built and most
> kept by EFJ employees, which is probably why this one survives.
>
> I'm happy to see a "reasonably complete" display like this, in contrast
> for example to the Leo Meyerson collection which was dumped by the
> Western Heritage Museum when someone decided it wasn't worth keeping on
> display.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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