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Re: Free -- original Viking I manual
Great ¨C I¡¯ll try ¡®em ! Thanks !! Mike/ K5MGR ____________________________ Mike Langner 929 Alameda Road NW Albuquerque, NM 87114-1901 (505) 898-3212 home/home office (505) 238-8810 cell
By Mike Langner · #386 ·
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
By Mike Dinolfo · #385 ·
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
By Mike Langner · #384 ·
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
By Floyd - K8AC · #383 ·
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
By Phil T · #382 ·
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
By Mike Dinolfo · #381 ·
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
By Mike Harmon · #380 ·
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
By John / N9AMI · #379 ·
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
By Mike Harmon · #378 ·
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
By Donald Hellen · #377 ·
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
By Ashley Hall · #375 ·
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.?
By Floyd - K8AC · #374 ·
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
By Ashley Hall · #373 ·
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
By Floyd - K8AC · #372 ·
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??
By Ashley Hall · #371 ·
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
By Donald Hellen · #370 ·
Re: Ranger solid-state rectifiers
Ashley . . . <Ashley40@...> wrote: If you care to do so, could you attach a drawing of what you do for both of these changes? I changed the settings for picture attachments to a
By Donald Hellen · #369 ·
Re: Ranger solid-state rectifiers
Hello?? What WE do, in our Ranger overhaul/rebuild process is: build a rectifier network into a gutted 6AX5, ( so the result will plug into the OEM LV rectifier socket) AND we add a solid state
By Ashley Hall · #368 ·
Ranger solid-state rectifiers
Any Ranger owners out there who have replaced the rectifier tubes with silicon diodes?? If so, did you use dropping resistors to get the voltage back in the original range and if so, what resistance
By Floyd - K8AC · #367 ·
Re: Best Microphone(s) For Use With the Ranger II
<Ashley40@...> wrote: I have a couple of these. The amplified version should work with almost all transceivers. The unamplified version would work well for older radios like the Ranger,
By Donald Hellen · #366 ·