[Johnson] Viking Valiant restoration

[Evan Rolek via Johnson]

Bob,


Cool restoration!  Love the pics and you did a great job.



As a side note, you might want to redo the PTT circuit, like with a UKA-3 interface from Ham Gadgets.   Then again, maybe you like the feel of the 110 vdc on the PTT circuit; don't ask me how I know.



73,




Evan, K9SQG




-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Sauvan <rsauvan at beyondbb.com>
To: johnson <johnson at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Fri, Aug 14, 2015 6:28 pm
Subject: [Johnson] Viking Valiant restoration


Hi all,
As some of you may remember, I purchased a Valiant locally back in May.

Brought it home and I needed to put a power cord plug end on it to fire 
it
up.  I started by asking a question on the reflector as to whether or 
not I
should change it to a 3 wire cord and it was a unanimous yes in 
answer to the
question. In the end I am sure glad I did. Anyway, after 
turning it on for the
first time, it lasted on the air for about 2 
hours. I started having a few
issues to deal with before being able to 
keep it on the operating table. I
decided to do a full restore. I have 
finished the radio and have put a page on
my website showing the various 
issues I had, the fixes, and the finish of the
revamp. With lots of 
technical help from this reflector and a few who stuck
with me through 
the process, the radio turned out great and works as good as
it looks 
now. Let me know what you think. I want to thank those who worked

through the issues with me to get it going again. Click on the link
below.

http://w0ybs.com/w0ybs_026.htm

73-Bob-W0YBS


-- 
Thanks
Bob
Sauvan-W0YBS
rsauvan at beyondbb.com
http://w0ybs.com

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