Viking Ranger

[Brian Carling]

I would check all of the voltages in the VFO first. Watch them on a
meter while it is jumping around like crazy and see if the supply is
steady or jumping. You may have a bad capacitor or even a resistor
there by the sounds of it!

> Hi!  I have a Viking Ranger that I obtained from another ham on the
> promise that I would fix it for him... Thinking I'd be able to do
> that in a blink of an eye, I lugged it 200 miles home and put it on
> the bench.  It initially keys beautifully (typical of the old Rangers)
> but then, after a short while, the vfo goes crazy, dancing a jig all
> around the frequency.  I haven't been able to find the problem
> component.
>
> Has anyone had that sort of problem with a Viking Ranger in the past?
> If you have, I'd be delighted to hear what your cure was.  If you haven't,
> but believe you might know the problem.  Please e-mail me your corrective
> action.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rod, N5HV
> w5hvv at aeneas.net
>
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