[Johnson] tales of one ranger one

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi,

Mine has almost no mods at all. That troublesome dropping resistor for
the VFO regulator is not the original and is higher power (10 watts).
When I put the ranger close to a receiver I noticed the keyer was acting
flaky. Key up there was tunable hash. I ended up replacing the bias
supply filter cap too. The keying tube had enough AC ripple applied to
rectify a little of it and put it where it hurts. That really settled
things down.

I can believe there are as many sources of chirp as there are Rangers.
Today I made a plug for the rear apron relay control. I already have a
tin box that only need 120 volts applied to switch the antenna from the
receiver to the transmitter. It's wired to also short the receive
antenna to ground in the transmit mode. Obviously I'll be using the
Ranger's front panel Operate switch to make the changeover. I will have
to monitor the CW with the receiver but the shorted antenna terminal
will help keep that from getting to far out of hand. Better controls
coming.

73,

Bill  KU8H

Michigan QRP Club M1778