[Johnson] New to me Johnson Viking I

[Stu Willcox]

As well as good metalworking skills and a well-equipped shop.

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> On May 10, 2017, at 1:04 PM, <manualman at juno.com> <manualman at juno.com> wrote:
> 
> Personally, I much prefer the 829B over the 4D32, plus 829B's are readily
> available.
> If this was still the 60's or 70's, the TVI mod kit probably would be
> somewhat important. In today's TV environment, it's really not necessary
> unless you have money to burn.
> 
> Pete, wa2cwa
> 
> On Wed, 10 May 2017 12:21:41 -0700 "Mitch" <mskobier at charter.net> writes:
>> All, 
>> 
>> Well, I guess I am addicted. I haven't even gotten 
>> started
>> working on the Johnson Viking II I picked up a few weeks ago, and I 
>> went a
>> picked up a Viking I this past weekend. It's in pretty good shape. 
>> The face
>> is panel is in much nicer condition than the V2 I l already have. 
>> Judging
>> from the serial number (260) it was made in 1950. It does not have 
>> the TVI
>> kit, and has had the 4D32 final replaced with the 829B. WHen I 
>> finally get
>> around to working on it, I would like to install the TVI mods, and 
>> convert
>> it back to the 4D32 tube. 
>>> Does anyone have any pictures of a v1 with the tvi mods. I have 
>> located the
>> original instructions for the factory tvi mod, but it does not have 
>> any
>> pictures. I imagine it has some screening, possibly some panels, and 
>> a cover
>> for the meter along with some sort of mod to the tuning window. Not 
>> really
>> necessary to install it, but figured it would be better to have than 
>> not.
>> Anyway, thanks for being here and any help will be greatly 
>> appreciated.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> MItch KJ7JA
> 
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