EF Johnson Ranger 2 Ham tube transmitter Restoration Part 3 D-lab Electronics

[@frankcloskey7789]

Excellent Trouble shooting and fine Restoration . 8/28/2021

[@LarryDeSilva64]

You did a great job restoring that ef johnson Ranger. Really enjoyed all three parts. Thanks for sharing

[@stanleygerrick6053]

Great job Terry! Love to watch you methodically repair and restore gear on your videos! Keep cranking out them out! I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Dr. Stan KZ8G

[@TheRadioShop]

Great job Terry. This radio will last a long time now. Thank you for sharing.

[@materialsguy2002]

Nice work, Terry. I always like to observe your methods and restoration techniques. Thanks!

[@rciancia]

Nice job Terry. I like that Wax idea. I just finished a Hammarlund HQ129X and am equally as proud as you. Great stuff.

[@NebukedNezzer]

nice job. this video should save a lot of problems doing the restoration.

[@medhawk4885]

Thanks again for another great video. I really need to download all of them just in case I ever get one of my own.

[@johnmccabe7645]

Nice job! i like the cleaning tips too. your eyes are a good indication of the presence of Nature's Purple Helper lol! keep up the vids😎

[@cleophusA]

How did you know where to put your dial pointer back in relation to the VFO's variable capacitor? I noticed that you moved the air variable around quite a bit while the dial pointer was removed and would like to know the procedure you used to align everything again. Thanks very much for your great videos, I learn something new every time I watch one!

[@8xlaxx]

Enjoyed this 3 Part series BUT,.... It would have been great to see you: 1) Show us how you checked the VFO drift. 2) How you adjust the modulator current. No flames, just sayin'. Thanks for the videos, keep them coming!

[@8xlaxx]

Oh,... and 3) How you lined up the VFO needle to the correct frequency, then buttoned everything down.

[@d-labelectronics]

Hey man, check out part 2 of this series. It covered the VFO test. I will revisit Mod current setting. Just picked up another Ranger in need today. TD

[@kenhancock8931]

haha lube the shafts! great video as always terry!

[@Homer19521]

Nice, Terry. Nice shirt too. I am still waiting for my KZbin residual, for when you caught my ugly mug at the Chelsea hamfest. ;-)

[@dandypoint]

Did you measure any RF voltages in the driver stage? I am wondering what the fr voltage should be at the grid of the 6146. So far I have not found that info in the manual.

[@Tracks777]

When is your next video? :D Keep it up!

[@DeadKoby]

It's always the caps man.... always the caps.

[@marks5239]

Thanks for posting this. I have a couple of rangers and intend to go through them for recapping and the chernoble resistor. Right now, I have a Ranger 1, with low power. Changed driver and final with known good tubes. Still low power. Do you have any suggestions as to where else to look to solve this issue? Any suggestions would be grand... Thanks!

[@d-labelectronics]

Is your plate and grid current correct?

[@marks5239]

@@d-labelectronics Dip to about 170 ma Plate, after adjusting the grid to 2.5 ma Per the manual. Low power at abou 15-20 watts that way...

[@d-labelectronics]

Have you tried a new 6146? Also inspect the plate/RF coupling cap, may be open. TD

[@marks5239]

@@d-labelectronics I don't think I'd have any output if the RF plate cap was open. There is no other way to get RF energy to the tank circuit. I have several tubes that were checked on a calibrated TV-7 and have tried them...

[@bradbeasley7669]

love ur stuff TY

[@jackneff179]

Was that your xmtr or an aquisition?

[@d-labelectronics]

It is a Ranger I acquired about 3 years ago. Just got around to getting it up & running

[@shapoolbaghdad7280]

i need to private contact pls

[@umajunkcollector]

hmmm, give it a Simonize shine