, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] BW 5100 Possibly the best built ham transmitter?
(imho)
So Pete, whats equivilant to a Caddy or Lincoln? Russ.
To: amradio@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] BW 5100 Possibly the best built ham
transmitter?
(imho)
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 12:06:49 -0500
My Valiant was like a Pinto; all my WRL products were like Yugo's;
my
Viking II is like a Volvo.
Pete, WA2CWA
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:28
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My feelings are wither you choose a 5100 or a 5100B,
there are built like a
German Panther Tank.
Ja! Ist es gut!
Although I wish the output was greater on RF power
output on a 5100 or 5100B
than 75 watts.
Jim, my 5100 has a solid 100w on Phone and 130w
5100 Possibly the best built ham transmitter?
(imho)
Steve, N2DXM had one of these about 20 years ago when
we both got into AM.
A nice transmitter, well made, but poor choice of modulator
tubes, 6146's I think they were.
I never got a pair of 6146 tubes to sound good as
modulators, but I
This Viking II came factory wired and I'm the second owner.
Pete
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 15:30:07 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The most reliable rig in my shack is the Johnson Viking II. Since
1958, it
has never required a tube or part replacement.
Did you put that together yourself?
, B-W, I would rank
about a Buick or Pontiac. Yu get the bugs out of them and you
got a pretty good rig. Russ.
From: Peter A Markavage [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [AMRadio] BW 5100 Possibly the best built ham
] BW 5100 Possibly the best built ham transmitter?
(imho)
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 01:42:26 -0500
This Viking II came factory wired and I'm the second owner.
Pete
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 15:30:07 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The most reliable rig in my shack is the Johnson Viking II. Since
To: amradio@mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [AMRadio] BW 5100 Possibly the best built ham
transmitter?
(imho)
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 01:42:26 -0500
This Viking II came factory wired and I'm the second owner.
Pete
On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 15:30:07 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The most reliable rig
My Valiant was like a Pinto; all my WRL products were like Yugo's; my
Viking II is like a Volvo.
Pete, WA2CWA
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002 11:28:44 -0500 russ dworakowski
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All these old rigs are great fun. They all have some
quirks.
I like to equate them to old
I feel the same way about comparing a Collins rig to a caddy, Larry - Rolls
seems
a lot more accurate, particularly when you consider how few could afford them
when
new (o:
It's all good, if it has good iron and lotsa tubes!
Boomer, KA1KAQ
Larry Szendrei wrote:
Russ,
Why would you
Recently I purchased a BW 5100 and a 5100 B. It not going to be as easy to
fix as a ranger, WRL Globe champion or a Johnson valiant.
Unless, you know the territory that your working on, you can get yourself in
lots of trouble.Most of the time you have to work from the schismatic to find
the old
My experience with the 5100, SN 1309:
When removing the RF module, spade lugs attached to the module have to come
up from the chassis and the shafts through the front panel have to come back
from the panel. This can only be done (in my 5100) by pulling the front
panel away from the chassis about
I just finished cleaning up the BW 5100 I picked up
at the Butler meet last Summer.
I don't know what prompted me to buy it , but now I am
sure glad I did. Maybe it was all the great food (
including Russ's fabulous baked beans of mass
destruction HI!)
What strikes me the most about this radio
The most reliable rig in my shack is the Johnson Viking II. Since 1958, it
has never required a tube or part replacement.
Did you put that together yourself?
73,
Sterve W2ZR
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Subject: [AMRadio] BW 5100 Possibly the best built ham transmitter? (imho)
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 10:47:09 -0800 (PST)
I just finished cleaning up the BW 5100 I picked up
at the Butler meet last Summer.
I
: Re: [AMRadio] BW 5100 Possibly the best built ham transmitter?
(imho)
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 14:51:20 -0500
BW 5100B was a much better transmitter when it was introduced into the
market. BW took all the 5100 fixes, corrections, updates, etc. and made
a much better and more reliable transmitter
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