[Johnson] Valiant Restoration:

Bry Carling bcarling at cfl.rr.com
Sun Sep 13 06:10:16 EDT 2009


Frank if this is for AUDIO inside the Valiant all you have to use is plain 
ole microphone cable - probably avaiulable from Radio Shack or 
any electronics store.

To make it looks authentic you can just pull off the gray sheath.

It's pretty common stuff.

From:           	Frank Donnelly <goober at centurytel.net>

> This is a Great site.   Progress and one question on my Valiant Restoration.
> I bought an assembly manual and started from the back and completely 
> disassembled, bagged, & tagged & tested all components down to the bare 
> chassis in reverse order.
> Now I am starting from the fromt and it is starting to come together
> 
> Had to spot weld the chassis corners.  I think the chicken banders  
> actually used it as a Boat anchor.
> I have now cleaned chassis and installed all new tube sockets and 
> terminal strips, and have just about finished building a complete new 
> wiring harness.
> This is where I need some help.
> The specs in the assembly manual calls for 10 ft of  RG-59 coax   75 ohm.
> I would like to find the miniture type. Regular RG-59 is too thick & 
> stiff to work with in there
>  The original harness  contained coax without any plastic sheath.  It is 
> about 1/8" diameter and very flexable
> 
> Does anyone have some laying around they want to sell,  or where can I 
> buy some?
> 
> There are 4 coax leads hooked to V-12,, First & Second Audio
> Any recommendations as to what type coax I should  use and where can I 
> buy it.
> 
> I also have a working Valiant in the shack and doing a little cleanup 
> and re-tubing and replacing R-13 before I put it on the air.
> 
> This is my GO TO site for info on my projects.
> 
> Many thanks   Frank   KI0RQ
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