[Johnson] Ranger died

[Carl]

Anything is possible if you used a cheap no name Chinese crap cap.
You wouldnt be the first one to get suckered into that trap.

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Cromwell" <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 8:58 PM
Subject: [Johnson] Ranger died


> Awww...
> 
> My Johnson Ranger is down. I had been using it on 80 and 160 and when I 
> finished (about a half hour) and was looking at my computer I heard an 
> unhappy sizzling sound and smelled the familiar roasted transformer 
> smell. Last year I recapped it so I doubt if one of those took it down. 
> I'll set it aside and eventually peek inside to see what happened. 
> Whenever I have smelled that same thing in the past the post mortem was 
> not a happy affair.
> 
> I was debating just retiring it permanently but I saw on TV where 
> Motorola is now a Google Company! I *must* keep the Ranger going. There 
> is no way E F Johnson is going to morph into a Google company or 
> computer with an antenna.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Bill  KU8H
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