[Johnson] Will be restoring a Johnson Ranger

[William Cromwell]

Hi Pete,

That was my observation about modifying my Ranger for six meters. It 
would be preferable and more practical to buy something that already has 
six meters or to scratch build a six meter rig. I have a legal citizens 
band radio (rarely used). There really are some CBers worth talking to 
and the only way to talk to them is with a CB radio.

73,

Bill  KU8H

bark less - wag more

On 2/14/22 12:00 AM, manualman at juno.com wrote:
> When the Johnson Ranger was first introduced, the 11 meter band was still
> an amateur radio band. In 1958, it was allocated for Class D Citizens
> Band Service.
> The band was useless for any amateur radio since the band had lots of
> industrial plasma users and medical diathermy machines all producing tons
> of wideband noise across that frequency range.
> 20 years later the FCC allocated the 12 meter band (part of WARC) to
> amateur radio.
>
> Personally, I would not consider modifying the original Ranger to cover 6
> meters. Almost every stage, except power supply area and modulator area,
> would have to be diddled with.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
> www.manualman.com
>