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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