Re: Feelin' Like a Dunce
Hello Jeff!
From the diagram on the back page of my T-R switch instructions (Figure 2) it appears that Johnson is estimating the DC leakage in C12A and C12B, the power supply filter capacitors.
That
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Mike Langner
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Feelin' Like a Dunce
It is one of those "I should know this but ..." questions.
For the Johnson 250-39 TR switch, Table I presents the resistance at pins 2 and 5 of the 6BL7 as 100K ohms.
For the life of me, looking at
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jeffbauman
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Re: Viking I operation
Watch You Tube vidios on the Viking II.? Only slight difference is the final loading.
Lee, w0vt
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Lee Bahr
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#389
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Viking I operation
I have a Viking I transmitter. Anyone know of any videos that sow how to bring it on line a transmit. It is not as straight forward as today's amateur gear and I am having trouble finding anyone who
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Sully - KE0RKM
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Re: Free -- original Viking I manual
Great ¨C I¡¯ll try ¡®em !
Thanks !!
Mike/
K5MGR
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Mike Langner
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Re: Free -- original Viking I manual
Mike/K5MGR:
There are two tektronix user groups where you could offer to sell (or
give away) the Tek manuals: Tekscopes, and Tekscopes2.? There's also a
Tektronix museum in Oregon that might accept
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Mike Dinolfo
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#385
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Free -- original Viking I manual
Hello everyone !
I have recently acquired in a box of mostly Tektronix manuals (for which I'm
also looking for a home) a Johnson Viking I transmitter manual.
It even has the un-numbered page with
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Mike Langner
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Re: Feasibility Study?
Hi Mike.? I also use a T/R switch with my Johnson Ranger and RME 6900 receiver.? I use my Winkeyer USB to solve the muting problem on CW.? It has a facility to activate a PTT output, designed to
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Floyd - K8AC
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#383
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Equipment for sale
Hello Group,? For sale are a Johnson Thunderbolt and a Johnson Pacemaker.? Both are in excellent, uncorroded or rusted, condition.? Collector quality, except for scratches on the top outer
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Phil T
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Re: Feasibility Study?
Mike:
This sounds like a great project.? If you haven't already done so, you
might want to locate a copy of the Heathkit HW-16 manual and schematic;
this was a full QSK vacuum tube
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Mike Dinolfo
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Feasibility Study?
Hi Folks,
I don't expect any of you to waste a lot of brain cells on this idea, but I thought I'd run it by you to see if you experts might have an idea for me to try:
I'm rebuilding a Johnson
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Mike Harmon
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#380
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Re: Best Microphone(s) For Use With the Ranger II
I myself do not like the d104 that much to much high end for me. I have replaced the elements with electret and some good foam and it makes for a nicer sounding microphone in my opinon. Also you might
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John / N9AMI
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#379
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Valiant Fuse Requirements
I have a Valiant I that I'm rebuilding from the ground up.? In the original schematic, Johnson used a double fused plug with two 8A fuses. ? I assume that was because the plug was non-polarized and
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Mike Harmon
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Re: The Vintage Restoration group
Please contact me off-list and I can do that for you, then I can report here
about the file or files.
I'll make one folder called Ashley Hall and I can put multiple files in there.
Just name the
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Donald Hellen
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Re: Ranger solid-state rectifiers
Floyd Hello??? OUR POV is the really high 6146 EP does not get you anything much in terms of RF output, but it does, from our POV, generate a whole pile of HV related issues and problems. ( AKA
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Ashley Hall
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Re: Ranger solid-state rectifiers
I was concerned about the resulting voltage if the 5R4 is replaced with diodes.? Our line voltage here can be up to 124 VAC and I understand the design line voltage for the Ranger was 115 VAC.?
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Floyd - K8AC
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#374
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Re: Ranger solid-state rectifiers
Floyd Hello??? TY for the kind wordsWe retain the 5R4 for two reasons: 1), The additional RF power output achieved with the increase in HV is negligible, and the HV increase puts a strain on HV
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Ashley Hall
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Re: Ranger solid-state rectifiers
Thanks, Ashley.? That's another option that I ran across recently and I'll look at that more closely.? I think I have all the components to try it.? Even with the added heat from a dropping
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Floyd - K8AC
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#372
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Re: The Vintage Restoration group
I found the group but I have NO idea how to create a file, or upload anything...
Ashley
??Thank YouKiss-ElectronicsMs Ashley Hall183 N 5th PL.Cornelius, Oregon97113??W7DUZ??
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Ashley Hall
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#371
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The Vintage Restoration group
The group I mentioned where pictures and files can be stored is here:
/g/Vintage-Amateur-Radio-Restoration
What I wanted to mention is that I opened up the maximum resolution to
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Donald Hellen
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