Charles - that would probably be due to the nasty 6AL5 clipper circuit used in the Valiant.
It would affect the audio badly even when turned all the way down. Date sent: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:41:37 -0400 From: Charles Ring <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AMRadio] Ham mods (was Re:SP600 Question)] Send reply to: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service <[email protected]> <amradio.mailman.qth.net> <mailto:amradio- [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> <mailto:amradio- [email protected]?subject=subscribe> > I wonder why the Ranger would be among the best stock audio and the > Valiant among the worst? Same maker, same vintage, etc. > > 73 de W3NU > > > Larry Szendrei wrote: > > Concerning the discussion of audio modifications to commercially designed > > amateur AM transmitters: > > > > A lot of these rigs from the 1950s (Viking I, Viking II, Valiant, DX-100) > > did, in fact have pretty nasty audio in their stock state, and there are > > good reasons to go in and engineer improvements in that department - and > > there are many "low-hanging fruit." > > > > Granted, modifications made by hams will cover the spectrum from > > worse-than-stock to an "extreme make-over" in the positive direction. So > > will their physical implementation. > > > > (From what I've heard and had experience with, the Collins 32V-* series, > > and the Johnson Viking Ranger, are among the best-sounding in stock form > > of this generation of gear.) > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
