Johnson Viking Valiant

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

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Name/Title

Johnson "Viking Valiant"

Description

HF Transmitter

Category

Transmitter, HF, Kit

Made/Created

Manufacturer

E. F. Johnson

Date made

1956 - 1962

Valuations

Value

$349.50

General Notes

Note

QST, Jun 1956, p. 90. QST, Jul 1956, p. 85. Walter Ashe catalog 1957 (probably issued in 1956), p. 4. Allied Radio catalog 1957 (copyright 1956), p. 244. Allied Radio catalog 1958 (copyright 1957), p. 268. Allied Radio catalog 1960 (copyright 1959), p. 389. Allied Radio catalog 1962 (copyright 1961), p. 278. The Viking Valiant ran 275 watts CW, and 200 watts AM on 160–10 meters. It was also an SSB transmitter when used with an external adapter. The final amplifier was three 6146s in parallel. Its speech circuits had low-level clipping and an audio low-pass filter. Kit or wired. References Review: QST, Jun 1956, p. 90. Modifications for. CQ, Sep 1957, p. 46.