[Johnson] Ranger Help - Progress Report

[Mike Hardie]

First of all thanks to all those who offered help, the people on this list 
are a terrific resource.

One suggestion was to check C32, the 50 uuF silver mica coupling capacitor 
that goes from the multiplier to the final.  It checked out for capacitance 
and value but looked rough, more importantly the end that goes to L6B was 
sort of mechanically fastened to the terminal but not soldered.  The cap was 
replaced and properly soldered in.

Another suggestion said the ceramic caps can be a problem, again the ones I 
checked were OK for value and leakage, but the screen and plate bypass caps 
were replaced anyway.

Things are better but not perfect, at lest on 80 meters the final dips 
correctly, but the plate current isn't reading right, at the dip the reading 
is the same as idle current, around 40 ma. (Same plate current indication in 
CW key up or down.)  The wattmeter indicates a solid 50 watts output key 
down and no output key up so there's got to be a problem with the meter 
circuitry.  It's probably possible to get more output but without an 
accurate indication of plate current I'm hesitant to do that.

Initially many connections to SW3, the meter switch, and SW4, the function 
switch, had to be corrected.  So that's where I'll look first.

Again suggestions/observations will be welcomed.

Mike VE7MMH