Hi Ed,

On Wed 2012-Apr-25 13:37, Ed Vance (1:2320/105.1) wrote to RICHARD WEBB:



RW>Yeah, I asked about that rcvr someone who was quite active
RW>back then in that shack, she says it was a 303 at school for the blind.

EV> You All got the Better One!

I'm sure, there were some old guys really knew their onions
part of that ham club.  I think we inherited it from the
full capability station, the vfo for the tx got hidden away
and we got xtal control of course for novices, and possibly
a different tx, when the upper classes got the Collins
transceiver.

RW>EV> Those 866 Mercury Vapor Rectifiers wouldn't like it if I'd pressed
RW>EV> the Circuit Breaker Reset Button while the Power Switch was ON.

RW>Nope, they sure wouldn't.  You'd sure let the magic smoke
RW>out of 'em doing that.

EV> I learned a long time ago that Electronic Devices run on Smoke that
EV> is stored inside each of the many individual parts in the box.
EV> And that everything works just fine until one of the parts developes
EV> a Leak and the Smoke gets released into the air.

YEp, first secret, keep the smoke in the wires and
components.


RW>Yep, sounds about right for some of that old gear.  Operated the old Viking I
RW>etc. as well.  Noted your comment
RW>elsewhere on that tx, 500 watts cw, about 350 am.

EV> IIRC, that was the Johnson Viking 500 instead of the Viking II. 

Yep, I operated the II, but have seen the 500.

EV> I saw a 500 once and found out it that what I saw on the top of the
EV> desk in the Ham Shack was only half of it, on the floor there was a
EV> box about the same size for the 500's Power Supply and maybe a Plate
EV> Modulator for AM transmission (?).

YEp, recall that too.  I think the outfit I saw with the 500 had been rack
mounted.  I seem to recall its owner had done
some customization to make it rack mountable in its various
modules, etc.



Regards,
           Richard
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