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Post by "Doc"Hammer on Jan 2, 2013 19:26:29 GMT -5
First round-up of the New Year...hopefully mother nature will help out..Tonight, The mighty Johnson 223 Messenger acquired from my friend, Night Train in PA...This radio ROCKS! It lives up to the Johnson name, and built like a tank!
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Post by cbrown on Jan 3, 2013 9:39:20 GMT -5
Nice looking Johnson. Bet she sounds sweet!
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 3, 2013 10:38:58 GMT -5
First round-up of the New Year...hopefully mother nature will help out..Tonight, The mighty Johnson 223 Messenger acquired from my friend, Night Train in PA...This radio ROCKS! It lives up to the Johnson name, and built like a tank! And as luck would have it, computer issues prevented you from interecting or even listening. I've confirmed that my Spew radio link is not working, and Pete has his own set of problems. I suspect some of this may have something to do with the change of year and expired certificates. Hopefully, we'll have this all straightened up next week......
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Post by BBB on Jan 3, 2013 10:42:20 GMT -5
Good looking combo indeed. What are the two "items" above the volume, squelch knobs and under the meters? It almost looks like the one hole above the squelch is for zeroing the meter? My 223 doesn't have those holes in the face. I see on some vintage adds that the 1969 version had the "holes?" and the 1971 version did not? www.cbtricks.com/radios/ef_johnson/messenger_223/ad/index.htmLet me know if you need the schematic and factory manual. I can send you the link where someone has kindly posted them both. I adjusted L5 (grid) and L7 (plate) {thin upright threaded screws} right next to the XFRM and it really woke mine up. I plan on adding an external speaker jack to hear what she really sounds like.
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Post by "Doc"Hammer on Jan 3, 2013 11:03:29 GMT -5
I hit the plate and load on mine as well, brought her up to about 3 watts with an exceptional "punch" of forward swing on modulation.....It's a loud radio and very very clean sounding..The hole below the meter is a mechanical meter zero and the othe "hole" is actually the tip of the transmit indicator bulb...it lights up on key-down and flashes with modulation. This rascal has already made 7 DX contacts on both sides of the country!..
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Post by "Doc"Hammer on Jan 4, 2013 11:45:09 GMT -5
1-04-2013....Skip this morning into PA was fantastic for a bit..The big Johnson made it into Pottstown barefooted as well as the first test of the New Delta Force I acquired from Sparky. Got great audio reports on both radios from Skeeter and Night Train before conditions faded and I had to go to the 4 pill for assistance....gotta love those barefoot skip conditions!
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Post by Night Ranger on Jan 4, 2013 13:52:16 GMT -5
I hit the plate and load on mine as well, brought her up to about 3 watts with an exceptional "punch" of forward swing on modulation.....It's a loud radio and very very clean sounding..The hole below the meter is a mechanical meter zero and the othe "hole" is actually the tip of the transmit indicator bulb...it lights up on key-down and flashes with modulation. This rascal has already made 7 DX contacts on both sides of the country!.. That is a great looking vintage radio. Night Ranger
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Post by BBB on Jan 4, 2013 18:17:36 GMT -5
For some reason, I noticed the echo is turned off (on the Delta Force) haha ;D
Local conditions were fair today as well. I hit Spitfire from Rt 33 on Blue Mountain in Wind Gap PA with the "barefoot" Stryker 497 and a Wilson 1K. He sounded like he was only a mile away on that heavy metal B & W rack system. Oh yea.
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Post by Sandbagger on Jan 4, 2013 21:10:56 GMT -5
For some reason, I noticed the echo is turned off (on the Delta Force) haha ;D Local conditions were fair today as well. I hit Spitfire from Rt 33 on Blue Mountain in Wind Gap PA with the "barefoot" Stryker 497 and a Wilson 1K. He sounded like he was only a mile away on that heavy metal B & W rack system. Oh yea. Wow, that's not a bad trip, about 45 miles give or take. I go that way every time I head up to the mountains. I've never heard anyone from the local area up that far.....
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Post by spitfire441 on Jan 5, 2013 8:33:35 GMT -5
Is it any wonder why I like to run the B&W Heavy Meatal Radio? 6146's push-pull class AB1 audio with parralell 250TH's amplification.
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Post by Sandbagger on Jul 11, 2013 5:59:33 GMT -5
Well, another Classic Radio Roundup hit the can last night (7/10/13). It was a refreshing break from the typical S-9-heterodyne conditions we'd been having as of late. You would think with the relative quiet, that more local people would have jumped out of the woodwork to join us, but it was a pretty light affair. Pete's still nursing the Demco SUPER Satellite, which seems to be a bit finicky on transmit. I was going for the smallest radio award with a Radio Shack TRC-479, followed up later by a vintage (and rather beat up) 23 channel Cobra 29, to keep with the mobile radio theme. Other regulars who managed to make it in there were 44 (1/4 wave Dave), Sparky, Ron, Skeeter, #7, Green Dog, and the always late-to-the-party, Night Train. 'Doc' Hammer made the connection via the internet, but had no radio running (Booooo!). Hopefully he gets his computer situation nailed down soon.
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Post by cbrown on Jul 11, 2013 8:38:21 GMT -5
Low noise floor last night? Nice.
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Post by BBB on Jul 11, 2013 15:10:25 GMT -5
Great to hear everyone on the band last night. I was running a classic Montgomery Ward 702 (40) channel AM base station. It seems to be a late '70s early '80s rig with great receive and decent TX audio. I really dig the blue plasma display clock and large blue back lit meter. The speaker is side firing. Sparky 775
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Post by Sandbagger on Jul 11, 2013 21:16:17 GMT -5
Great to hear everyone on the band last night. I was running a classic Montgomery Ward 702 (40) channel AM base station. It seems to be a late '70s early '80s rig with great receive and decent TX audio. I really dig the blue plasma display clock and large blue back lit meter. The speaker is side firing. Sparky 775 Looks like it was made by Panasonic.
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Post by BBB on Jul 12, 2013 10:29:54 GMT -5
I couldn't tell who made the main board but there is a logo on all the boards like a backwards "C" circle with "cloud" 1/2 way in the circle on the right side. There is a separate channel selector board, SWR bridge and clock board. The entire RF section was covered with a sheet metal cover. The outer cabinet is plywood covered with simulated wood veneer.
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Post by Sandbagger on Sept 20, 2013 15:14:16 GMT -5
Well, this past week's (9/18) CRR was interesting, at least from my perspective. I wasn't able to run from my base like I normally due, since I was headed up to the mountains to bring my boat home. So I was joining in from the mobile, which was different. The skip noise and the Puerto-Mexi-Cubans made life difficult. But I eventually lost the group about 40 or so miles out. But when I hit the highest point on my travels, I was able to talk with Skeeter, at a distance of 70.5 miles. Probably the furthest I've managed to talk direct from the mobile.... Attachments:
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Post by Sandbagger on Sept 20, 2013 15:18:48 GMT -5
Here's where I was, Mountaintop, Pa..... Attachments:
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Post by BBB on Sept 21, 2013 7:44:39 GMT -5
That's just plain cool ;D Way to work it man. Skeeter kept sayin' he thought he heard you in there. Then he was kind enough to relay for us.
He's got that secret weapon that picked you out of the skip. I could only faintly hear someone keying out in the distance on the Console II (Brady Radio)
Farthest I've hit in the mobile was 441 on Blue Mountain in Wind Gap about 48 miles as the crow flys.
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Post by Afterburner(OT-749) on Sept 21, 2013 12:21:42 GMT -5
You all got lil' mountains up there in yankee country. comon down here to the mountains and see if ya'll cant do some skip shooting from here.
FLAT TOP MOUNTAIN, West Virginia The mountain is also variously known according to peaks along its crest -- Pilot Knob, Bluff Mountain (3,480 ft.), Rich Knob (3,360 ft.), Indian Grave Mountain (3,440 ft.), Bald Knob (3,400 ft.), Huff Knob (3,570 ft.), White Oak (3,280 ft.), Freezeland Mountain (3,480 ft.), and Swell Mountain (3,290 ft.).
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