[Johnson] Ranger died

[Langston, Mike]

So....that would be a Chinese crap cap trap? 

Just sayin'

Mike KL7CD

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> On Oct 30, 2013, at 8:45 PM, "Carl" <km1h at jeremy.mv.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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