[Johnson] VIKING RANGER - another one

[Carl]

Since there is plenty of room now, Id keep the 6146's since 120W is a bit 
easier than 50W to be heard. It sounds like that part is already functional 
so just an outboard or internal PS needs to be added. For external a Heath 
HP-23 can be used...there are a few versions and I dont have those details 
handy.

Carl


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cromwell" <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 06, 2012 10:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Johnson] VIKING RANGER - another one


> On Mon, 2012-08-06 at 21:44 -0400, Charles Ring wrote:
>> I have another, inoperative, Ranger (1) with an interesting history. Its
>> prior owner (SK) hated voice on ham bands so he tore out all AM
>> components in it and his Valiant, which I also have. Clearly the thing
>> to do with the Valiant is just use it on CW, but he had more to do on
>> the Ranger. He added a second 6146 final in parallel and to make room
>> for it he removed the whole power supply. I do not have his external
>> power supply for it. So the question is, what to do with this Ranger?
>> Part it out? I've had these transmitters for about 30 years and have
>> done nothing with the Ranger.
>
>
> Yowie!
>
> I have a Johnson Ranger. Been using it some. Building an external,
> heterodyne VFO for it and will use the bejeepers out of it when that
> gets done.
>
> I don't do AM phone here either. I merely pulled the tubes from the AM
> section. I don't have to power the heaters. They don't draw any plate
> current. The radio is ever so slightly lighter in weight when I have to
> move it. If I ever change my mind or the radio goes to somebody who DOES
> like AM all that has to be done is plug those tubes in.
>
> It ain't that hard to make a power supply. If that radio was in my hands
> the second 6146 would come back out and an external supply would power
> the RF section of that Ranger. I have already decided that as the power
> transformers in my BA transmitters fail I will just go to external
> power..maybe just one supply for all of them (operated one at a time).
> But with all those audio tubes laid up in the drawer instead of inside
> the transmitters the transformers won't cooperate and let their smoke
> out! Go figure.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
>
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