[Johnson] Viking I's scarce?

[Carl]

Brian, the V-I had a shorter sales life span for 3 reasons.

The ARRL pretty much forced advertisers to limit the AM bandwith to around 
3000Hz. The V-I was already announced at this point in CQ and held back in 
QST. It took awhile to redesign the audio stages; I dont know if any 
retooling was involved.

TVI had arrived shortly later. A kit was offered but it was an add on and 
looked poor.

The Korean War was about to start and the USAF comandeered most of Raytheons 
production of the 4D32. It helped kill the Hallicrafters HT-20 but Art 
Collins bought off the generals and 32V production wasnt affected. RCA 
recognized the need and released the 6146 in Jan 1952 and the V-II chassis 
had only minor rework. There was even a 6146 kit available later for the V-I 
altho many went with the cheap WW2 surplus 829B and the Johnson field 
bulletin.

I also much prefer the V-1 looks and the darn near bulletproof 4D32...I 
tried my darndest to blow the tube with the one I had in 57-59 and have 
another now. In fact it was the poor results I had with a DX-100 that drove 
me to the used V-I. Of course I knew nothing about screen current and what 
often happens when loading into seriously mismatched antennas. The V-I didnt 
care.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brian Burns" <brian at lessonsinlutherie.com>
To: <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 11:47 AM
Subject: [Johnson] Viking I's scarce?


> Hello All,
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>
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> Truth be known, in my heart of hearts I would rather do a restoration of a
> Viking I than a Viking II. But there seem to be Viking II's available, and 
> I
> have yet to run across a Viking I. Were there just a lot fewer of them
> sold-or what?
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> Cheers,
>
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>
> Brian Burns
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> Ex: W5BRO, K6UCD
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