Hey Viking 2 was my first transmitter back in 1963. I tuned it up with my father's help so that I would not run over 75 W. I used to sound of the Transformers to get the plate etc. I used to put my ear up to the meter and The key to listen to how hard the meter needle dropped back down to the zero Peg so that I could determine MICRA drive.

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> On May 5, 2014, at 6:06 PM, Pat Byrne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Mike,
> The Viking II runs about 120 conservative watts, well 
> modulated.  Uses plate modulation.  I've never run more than 200 
> watts on A M with a Johnson Viking Valliant.  I have used the Viking 
> with both my National and Collins receivers, and with many more in 
> days gone by!  A M is fun and there are an interesting bunch of 
> operators.  When I got licensed in 1957 A M was still rather widely 
> used but sideband was coming on.  Many a battle was waged!
> I had the A M gear back in the day and then went through another 
> round more recently.  Still fun but I just don't have the room on the 
> bench any more.  By the way, watch just above 29 mhz.  There is 
> usually A M between there and 29.1 and your forty watts would do 
> okay.  Lots easier than forty or seventy-five.
> patAt 05:06 PM 5/5/2014, you wrote:
>> Pat:
>> 
>> What receiver do you use the Viking II with? Do you have an 
>> amplifier to run a little heavy metal on A.M?
>> I'd love to get into that, I listen to A.M every chance I get with my FT-102.
>> Tried breaking in to a group but they didn't hear me as I was only 
>> running about 40W, even though my rig is supposed to have 100% modulation.
>> 
>> 73:
>> Mike VO1AX
>> 
>> P S
>> Are you the Gentleman I sold the Sure 440 desk mic to a number of years ago?
>> I sold it to a guy on this list.