[Johnson] Ranger died - reviving

[Warren Elly]

Sure was a great night on 160 last night... half sloper and 100 watts was good enough for west coast, texas, and midwest from Florida...

hope to hear some more signals tonight...

good luck with the ranger...

73, Warren W1GUD
EL87
On Dec 30, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I got my Ranger ready to run in the Stew Perry. Some contact cleaner got
> the ancient drive control working again, transmitter all tuned up and
> waiting for the Stew. Don't touch the drive control. So the Stew started
> and I started with it. The ancient drive control pot finally opened. For
> me the Stew ended right at the starting gun. I have some high voltage
> transistors coming (already have the other needed parts) and I'll be
> installing that for the screen voltage control of the driver tube.
> 
> I took the DX-100 out of the cabinet hoping maybe I could doctor it well
> enough get into the Stew. It hasn't been powered up in many years and is
> in the queue for overhaul. There is just no way. Caps too rotten. You
> might know the drive control in the DX-100 also feels a little
> "crunchy". I did order more than one transistor (evil grin). Those
> transistors can withstand the full, solid stated B+ on the Ranger (750
> volt rating) so the "wimpy" low voltage will be safe in both
> transmitters.
> 
> I have a new audio filter that does a very nice job with my receivers
> that I got finished just in time for the Stew. I got to listen in the
> crowded 160 meter band and it does a very nice job helping to sort out
> the signals. That thing completely eliminates *ALL* of the noise.
> Doesn't completely remove all of the stations on the air that are
> outside the filter's passband but does drive them to very low levels. At
> the same time it seriously peaks up the "desired" signal. So I still
> have an "audio panadapter". I'm liking that!  At least one thing turned
> out right for me (grin).
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KU8H
> 
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