Can someone help me out?
Purchased a Johnson Viking valiant retubed it and finale got output.
The problem is tuning. Here’s what the manual says to do.
1. Turn to OSC, Buffer for positive current draw.
2. Turn oscillator control to zero turn meter to Grid, (mode switch to CW) with Driver on 3, peak out meter with the excite and back driver down to 8 ma.
3. Turn Aux coupling to 8 and fine to 0.
4. Key transmitter while tuning final to max wattage.
5. Turn Aux coupling as well as fine for 430 ma for CW or 350 for AM / also continue back and forth with the final for max wattage.
6. Clipper on 10, Audio on 6.
7. Now here is the part that gets me. I would like to tune up for 40 meter or 75 meter AM.
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8. Turn Oscillator to VFO select freq and TX ?
9. This has produced about 40 watts no good
on tunning its showing 175 watts .. (what gives) help please. 817-637-9066 or
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