[Johnson] CW ONLY VALIANT

[Ed Tanton]

Isn't that kind of like neutering your dog??? 

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-----Original Message-----
From: johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Patrick Thrush
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 9:24 AM
To: 'JOHNSON'
Subject: Re: [Johnson] CW ONLY VALIANT

I wonder just how common it is to find Rangers and Vikings that have been
made one way or another into CW only rigs.  When I bought my Viking at the
first of the year the 6146 modulators had been removed, as well as the plate
cap leads.  The ham I bought it from had bought it from another ham (and
never used it) but knew that the previous operator was a CW only soul...

Prior to beginning the teardown and restoration I put a set of modulators in
and replaced the plate cap leads.  Aside from expected resistance drift and
capacitor leakage due to age there was no problem with the AM stage.  Each
to their own I guess...  :-)

PT



73,
 
Patrick Thrush, AE1PT
Bath, NY  14810
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-----Original Message-----
From: johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al
Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 7:43 AM
To: JOHNSON
Subject: [Johnson] CW ONLY VALIANT

Hi
I purchased a nice Viking Valiant several years back which is "CW Only"!!
I was told the previous owner was so afraid some CBer would get the Valiant
when he died so he removed the entire phone section.
I'm 99 percent CW here and love using it. It's lighter in weight and works
well but I'm having a hernia operation shortly and will have to sell it off.
I'll miss the 200 watts out on CW though.

Al
K2SSE

> On 2012-08-06, at 9:44 PM, 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.
>
>
> Hi Charles,
>
> Now what in the world would have possessed someone to do anything that 
> drastic...? Why not just leave the mode switch permanently on the "CW"
> setting, & leave it at that...?!
>
> I guess we'll never know, will we?
>
> Sadly, one of the most desirable parts from a Ranger is the modulation 
> transformer itself---and I'll bet that was the FIRST thing the 
> previous owner pulled out! IMHO opinion, that rig should now "give" so 
> that others like it might "live"---in short, part it out. It's too 
> much of a project to restore to original condition anyway, from the 
> sounds
of it...
>
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
>
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