A business trip to Columbus and a few hours to spare. What an opportunity to visit Fair Radio Sales in Lima Ohio. Straight highway and a nice day. Almost...
Rich Baldwin
richard@...
Jul 1, 1998 11:34 pm
1666
OK this will be the last call on deliverys for the 390A cabinets, 5 are scheduled for pick-up in ROME, 2 additional will be shipped within country, 1 will be...
Mac McCullough
w5hpm@...
Jul 2, 1998 5:15 am
1667
How many of us have SEEN Duane !! this guy is cool, he sent me a picture today, decent enough...and his signiture is no better than mine, but my reason is not...
Mac McCullough
w5hpm@...
Jul 2, 1998 5:31 am
1668
A month or so back someone sent me the name and address of a machine shop in Montana. I think the guys name was Argus but somewhere along the line I have lost...
David Medley
davemed@...
Jul 2, 1998 4:31 pm
1669
I still think the petite girl with the sledge is finestkind. 73, ... Steve Stutman KL7JT/1 617-864-3725 voice 617-864-3790 fax Cambridge, MA, USA "Most...
Steve Stutman
sstut@...
Jul 2, 1998 6:02 pm
1670
After going thru my SX28 and getting rid of all those paper wax caps which were REALLY bad, I was toying with the thought of doing my R390A. It's a '60 Stewart...
peter, sr. a. wokoun
petesr@...
Jul 3, 1998 6:24 am
1671
... on a before and after basis without realignment and later with re alignment, if you intend to do a re alignment....That would be the real acid test of the...
Peter Worrall
worrallp@...
Jul 3, 1998 9:14 am
1672
A review of AGC performance before/after would be really nice. P. J. "Josh" Rovero email: provero@... Oceanographer work:...
P. J. Rovero
provero@...
Jul 3, 1998 12:13 pm
1673
What voltage did you check the leakage at? That burned screen resistor is an indication I'd take that its bypass capacitor was leaky. 73, Jerry, K0CQ ... ...
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson...
geraldj@...
Jul 3, 1998 2:11 pm
1674
Hi Folks Can (and will) anyone who owns both these famous rx give me some hints how they compare to each other? Since the 51J4 is earlier then the R390A it is...
Olav Tveiten
olavtvei@...
Jul 3, 1998 4:33 pm
1675
Since the 51J4 and R-390 use a similar tube line up and scheme, the differences in performance are going to be determined more by gain settings (and choices of...
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson...
geraldj@...
Jul 3, 1998 8:38 pm
1676
Joe, coupling capacitors should always be checked when the tubes are changed because the tubes have been fried. If performance of the radio is poor, then all...
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson...
geraldj@...
Jul 3, 1998 8:41 pm
1677
... Bravo! This was my reasoning for biting the bullet and changing all of them! thanks, nolan I really can't wait much longer for Y2K to start the process of...
Nolan Lee
nlee@...
Jul 3, 1998 9:10 pm
1678
I have a R388 and R389a and are not the same. I was under the impression that the 388 and 51J4 where close to being the same. Well the 390 tips the scales at...
Robert Montgomery
RMonty3@...
Jul 3, 1998 9:19 pm
1679
The R-388 is closest to the plain 51J. The 51J4 has mechanical filters. I'm sure the later receivers were based on the fundamentals of the 51J which was built...
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson...
geraldj@...
Jul 4, 1998 1:14 am
1680
... Submissions r-390@......
Bill Wilson
billo@...
Jul 4, 1998 2:38 am
1681
Hi all Thanks for the advice - I took it all. I took the special set of rack slides (made by ChassisTrak) from my PDP-11/34 BA-11 box and mounted the R-390A on...
Harry Visser
harry@...
Jul 4, 1998 12:26 pm
1682
... Ah, Olav - what a great question to get people like us going! As an owner of a very fine example of each receiver and fortified with a couple of cups of...
Dan Martin
dmartin@...
Jul 4, 1998 12:26 pm
1683
I hve just updated the R390A pages with some new material. All of the original documents for the government approved field changes and modifications are there...
Chuck Rippel
crippel@...
Jul 4, 1998 9:35 pm
1684
Is it true, that the R-391 had an optional modification, or add on, that allowed it to receive from 148-174 Mhz? Now, I personally doubt this, but I also...
Duane Fischer
dfischer@...
Jul 5, 1998 12:23 am
1685
Dunno how they'd have modified it, Duane. The 391 is a 390 with a mechanism to turn the knobs to 8 preset positions. Same bandswitch and PTO as an R-390. Now...
Bill Hawkins
bill@...
Jul 5, 1998 6:31 am
1686
I added a list of common problems and files to the "New Stuff" area. URL below. For some reason, a Java Applette tries to start on the Main Page. Dunno why, I...
Chuck Rippel
crippel@...
Jul 5, 1998 4:14 pm
1687
A few months ago, March actually, Radio Portugal had their last transmission on shortwave. It was in English. some of us logged it on our R-390A units. I...
Duane Fischer
dfischer@...
Jul 5, 1998 8:03 pm
1688
Your point on pentagrid converter noise is interesting and no doubt you're right but am able to pull signals out of the heap easier with the 388 and think it...
Robert Montgomery
RMonty3@...
Jul 5, 1998 11:41 pm
1689
Well, that is what makes the world go round. I use the 388 for dxing. When doing so, I turn the agc off and go manual. I do the same with the 390a. The big...
Robert Montgomery
RMonty3@...
Jul 5, 1998 11:47 pm
1690
NEED INFO ON A LAMDA POWER SUPPLY, MAINLY A SCHEMATIC... MODEL C-281 -M THANKS TO ALL WHO REPLY ! ... KA5SRB ... Submissions r-390@......
charles r east
ceast@...
Jul 6, 1998 1:05 am
1691
Hi all, There have been some interesting posts on this subject and probably not much to add but that's never stopped me in the past. I assume Olav the Lucky...
Morris Odell
morriso@...
Jul 6, 1998 3:05 am
1692
Dear List: To paraphrase the recent thread about the R-388 and the R-390A, I would appreciate any comments about comparing the R-390A and 51S-1 receivers. ...
