I had two Johnsons in decent shape but figuring the cost of receive and transmit crystals (you never always have the "right pair"), no tunable receive, I opted to sell them, and picked up a beautiful Lafayette HA-410 with tunable receive, VFO or crystal operation, 2E26 in the final, and a spot switch that allows you to zero in (i.e. a tunable BFO) and even work SSB stations. It's even plate modulated.
Pete, wa2cwa On Sat, 27 May 2006 11:48:02 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Hello Bob: Congrats on NIB Whiteface. There are still a lot of them > around > but not many NIB. I own 3 of them, one looks like it needs some TLC, > one I > converted to 10 Meters easily, just new crystals and 20 minutes > tune-up. > As I recall, I put 29.000 and 29.100 in that one. (I scan 29.000 to > 29.150 > in 10 KHz steps). I think I doubled the power by shorting out the > final screen > resistor but would have to look at it again. (I did not get 10 Watts > out). > > One Whiteface I converted to cover 160 Meters. This is a bit more > difficult > ( new final coil and tune cap, new RF Chokes etc + crystals ) works > well > for local net type use. They are a fun radio to work on or to get > your first > conversion going. > > Have fun. 73, Charlie, K0NG ..
