Folks, Thanks to Frans Huizinga, VE3VNC and his sharp eyes, I have corrected two errors in the transcript of the Final Engineering Report and added one entry...
Al Tirevold
tirevold@...
May 1, 1999 11:07 pm
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The likely reason for 51S-1 backlash is that the two part gears were not pre-loaded before beeing meshed. Look at the gears and figure out which way to slide...
Thomas Marcotte
marcotte@...
May 2, 1999 12:02 am
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Chuck, that is an absolutely beautiful job......thanks for sharing it with us!!! I learn something new here every day, it seems! Howard, AA4HR ... From: Chuck...
Howard Rawls
howard@...
May 2, 1999 12:08 am
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Bravo Bill!!! Thank you for the post - proves the point that you really *don't* have to pay a lot for a nice radio - I had a nice R-390 given to me last year,...
Todd Bigelow - PS
tbigelow@...
May 2, 1999 12:38 am
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A good one for the R-390! A friend bought a Imperial w/meters/covers for $100, it's supposed to work. Had a Navy tag in the lower right hand corner of the...
Bill Wilson
w4biz@...
May 2, 1999 12:50 am
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Looking for some general info. I recently bought an R-390A and along with it is a CV-1758/URR Converter, Single Sideband unit made my The Technical Material...
Bob Cooley
ad4mz@...
May 2, 1999 3:41 pm
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What am I missing. There was a Field and Depot Maintenance Manual for Radio Receiver R-390A/URR, TM 11-5820-358-35, dated 8 December 1961on eBay last night...
Tom Vojtek
tomj@...
May 3, 1999 3:18 am
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My guess is these two scenario's: 1.) Two idiot's in a bid war, after all much of E-BAY is a ego driven collector mania syndrome. 2.) The person offering is...
Jon Oldenburg
jonandvalerieoldenbur...
May 3, 1999 3:44 am
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Yes, Tom - It's called 'hype' and 'lack of knowledge' - availibility seems to play less of a role these days. ;) 73, Boomer KA1KAQ ... Submissions...
Todd Bigelow - PS
tbigelow@...
May 3, 1999 3:51 am
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Tom, I believe the gentleman who purchased the manual intends to recover that cost by auctioning copies of the manual on ebay. I've seen him offer copies of...
Paul DeFayette
pdefayette@...
May 3, 1999 3:58 am
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... so much? Tried to find a reason for myself too but couldnt find more than some traces of insanity - especially on the buyer's side. Tom Vojtek...
Percy Mistry
Percy_Mistry@...
May 3, 1999 4:04 am
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Well Tom... I think that P.T. Barnum said it best..... Especially when you can order manuals from the "Gubermint". Some people just have more money than ...
Phil Atchley
ko6bb@...
May 3, 1999 4:19 am
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In a message dated 5/2/99 7:57:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tomj@... writes: << What am I missing. There was a Field and Depot Maintenance Manual for ...
GBabin73@...
May 3, 1999 4:32 am
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Hi Tom and List. I myself have several photocopies of said manual in question -- all harkening back to the same original, based on the coffee and bug juice ...
Barry Hauser
barry@...
May 3, 1999 4:33 am
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Shoot, I want a nice original R-390A manual too. I used to think E-Bay sounded a lot like Ebola. Both are a disease. This weekend I saw somebody call it...
Michael P. Olbrisch
kd9kc@...
May 3, 1999 4:48 am
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ziggy7, alexhs, what the heck has gotten into you guys? Norman ... Submissions r-390@......
Norman Ryan
nryan@...
May 3, 1999 5:17 am
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Yes Barry, but perhaps the words 'say more' from the pages of an 'original' manual, at least to some. I suspect there is a lot to say for being able to tell...
Todd Bigelow - PS
tbigelow@...
May 3, 1999 5:38 am
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Hey Boomer .... Don't want to belabor this ebay stuff, but the reflector's been kind of vacant lately so there should be bandwidth to spare. If ebay's what it...
Barry Hauser
barry@...
May 3, 1999 7:55 am
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$200.00!!! for a manual. I paid a bit more than $10 or $20 for an original one back in 1979 when Fair used to sell them. It's the one I have been using all...
laffitte
laffitte@...
May 3, 1999 11:31 am
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Is it possible, via a contract and serial number, to know in which branch of the service an R-390A was used? Fraser, N3VSM ... Submissions r-390@......
Bonnett, Fraser Q.
FrasierB@...
May 3, 1999 1:04 pm
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I believe this is the corrct manual for the R-390A that sold for $1100 on e-Pay. Jay ... Submissions r-390@......
Jay Coward
jayc@...
May 3, 1999 3:05 pm
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Hello Fraser, Only clue I know of is if there is a diode load jack on the front panel next to the phone jack, it's a good bet the rig is a Navy veteran. My '67...
Tried some empirical measures this weeked, but got no usable results. As mentioned earlier, one would predict that if a metal film rewisotr had 10 turns/cm,...
A. B. Bonds
ab@...
May 3, 1999 5:04 pm
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Is the "battle-ship gray" on most of the R390A front panels (at least the ones I've seen pictures of) a standard color? If so, can someone tell me what that...
Scott, Barry (Clyde B)
cbscott@...
May 3, 1999 5:15 pm
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... From: Barry Hauser <barry@...> To: Todd Bigelow - PS <tbigelow@...>; r-390@... <r-390@...> Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 2:56 AM...
Jim Zellmer
zellmer@...
May 3, 1999 5:42 pm
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We are talking less than a microhenry. Even a microhenry at 1 kHz has a reactance of only .00628 ohm. Go up a factor of 10^4 and that's a major fraction of 27...
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson...
geraldj@...
May 3, 1999 6:21 pm
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... A.B, I'm pretty sure that if you can get the coating off a metal film resistor and actually look at the film itself you'll see that it isn't a simple...
Wm. L. Townsend
wlt@...
May 3, 1999 6:52 pm
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Hi Barry: I was going to do that until I decided to say: "The heck with convention! I'm going to be rebel and LIVE IT UP! Today I'm going to paint my front ...
Eustaquio, Cal J
cal.j.eustaquio@...
May 3, 1999 6:52 pm
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Hey Guys This is the same manual I have and I am sure that a lot of you guys got from Aben. The subject says that its a Collins manual. I think this guy thinks...
