[Johnson] Valiant power on and transmit jewel bulbs

[David Harmon]

The left light comes on when you turn on the filaments.
The right light comes on when you transmit.

I have 2 Rangers a Valiant and a 500.
Only the Valiant has a green light on the left....it is factory assembled.
I have often wondered why the left lamp was sometimes not wired....doesn't
make sense to me.
I wired them all and they work correctly....but I would like to have some
more green jewels.
Yours is likely one of those units that must have been missing the lamp
holder in the kit.
Most of the Johnson gear was in kit form so perhaps they forgot that part.
You can check the schematic and hook er' up.
You can dwnld an assembly manual from BAMA....this will show the wiring
harness diagram and save you a lot of time.


73

David Harmon
K6XYZ
Sperry, OK

-----Original Message-----
From: Johnson [mailto:johnson-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert
Sauvan
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2015 2:58 PM
To: johnson at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Johnson] Valiant power on and transmit jewel bulbs

Still working on the Valiant. I have now torn the vfo covers off and rebuilt
the original owners rebuilt coupler. I spent 4 hours doing this to get the
vfo dial to finally work without freezing up. It was a combination of round
head screws touching inside the vfo box and most of all a case of binding
when you would tighten the big brass nut holding the coupler/dial assembly
to the front panel. It was just a matter of putting a large star washer
between the gear box nut and the backside of the front panel. As with
anything, it never seems to go back together quite like it came apart. I
just couldnt figure out why the front panel would not sit flat like one
would assume when reinstalling. It was leaving a very small space between
the front panel and the gear box nut and when you tightened it up it would
freeze up the mechanism. It is now fixed for good and the radio is back on
the operating bench.

While I was inside this thing though. I noticed a green wire coming from the
right jewel light on the front of the radio. It is cut and just wound around
the other wires coming from the bulb.Under the chassis I notice a green wire
going up into the top side of the chassis but cant see it coming out. Looks
as if it might be buried in a harness. Until I get more time to look at the
schematic, Im not sure what this wire is all about. My questions is whether
or not the jewel light on the left side is supposed to ever turn on? The
bulb on the right turns on when I go into transmit but the left bulb never
does. Maybe this cut green wire is the culprit. The left bulb does have
wiring going to it. My Ranger has two bulbs but the right one is a dummy
light. Doesnt have any wiring to it. Also, I have noticed on You Tube videos
a couple of the radios I have seen, have a green jewel on the left side. Can
anyone clarify that? 
Mine is red just like the one on the right. Can anyone tell me when thir
bulbs turn on if they even do?

BTW- havent blown any fuses yet. Knock on wood!!

Thanks-Bob-W0YBS
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