I have for auction on eBay a Johnson Viking II plus other Johnson equipment to
provide transmit coverage 160 thru 2 meters + receive on 2 and 6 meters. Just
add a HF receiver and you're good to go 160 thru 2.

The URL with pictures is

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=3072224970

and the somewhat wordy description is

This auction is for a lot consisting of E. F. Johnson tube equipment: enough in
fact to give you coverage between 160 and 2 meters. Included is a Viking II
transmitter in good to very good condition, a 6N2 six and two meter
transmitter in good to fair condition, a VFO 122 160 thru 10 meter VFO in
excellent condition, a 6/2 meter receive converter in good to excellent
conditon (needscord) and a two meter VFO in good to excellent condition. I
believe that this
VFO has been modified to give 6 meter coverage as well (according to the
schematic for the 6 and 2 meter model of this VFO, the "bandswitch" simply
switches in a couple of caps to change to 6 meters, and it looks like a
previous owner has added this simple switch to make the 2 meter VFO a "6 and 2"
model. Not sure on this however...) The Viking II is a beautifully built
transmitter with a pair of 6146's in the final RF amplifier modulated by a pair
of 807's. It operates
on 160-10 meters at a DC input of 180 watts CW and 135 watts AM phone. This
example as a small stain on the lower left side of the front panel which will
probably clean off okay; otherwise the panel is in very good shape. Built
specifically for the Amateur Radio market in the early 1950's, it has even seen
use in commercial broadcast applications. The price class was $280 as a kit
and $340 factory assembled. I beleive that this is a factory assembled unit.
This rig is built like a tank. It's also very simple to work on and
understand. As with all
multi-stage tube rigs it takes a bit of practice at first to tune up. There is
no need to modify this for better audio as it already does a great job in
"stock" form. The final tuning assembly is the same unit as in the Viking desk
kilowatt only on a smaller scale. It consists of a large variable inductor
ganged to a loading capacitor which simplifies output tuning. I can't stress
enough how direct and easy to understand this transmitter is. It also benefits
from not having a complicated mode switch. A large filaments toggle switch
turns on the tubes and a plate switch turns on the high voltage and allows the
rig to transmit. The Johnson VFO-122 was designed to match this transmitter as
well as its predecessor, the Viking I. The example in this auction is in fine
shape with no mods or major blemishes. The 6N2 VHF transmitter gets it's power
from the Viking II and other than a small dent in the lower left front of the
case, it has no major flaws. Could use paint and a bit of cleanup however.
Included is an extra front panel and meter for this transmitter. The 6/2
receive converter is in great shape but needs a cord. I have manuals for each
piece of equipment; some appear to be original but most are very good
aftermarket copies. Also included are some misc. modification and technical
articles copied from past ham radio magazines. I haven't used this equipment in
15 years so it will probably need the usual switch/pot cleaning and other TLC
that one usually applies when powering up vintage equipment after storage.

Closes Sunday January 25, 2004.

Thank you.