[R-390] Anyone else have R-390 case besides me?

[Todd Bigelow - PS]

I can't quote the nomenclature off the top of my head Paul, so I'm afraid I won't be
able to clarify further. The second cabinet link you listed looks like the Imperial
cabinets, these are the ones I'm most familiar with for the R-390. I was sure I'd seen
others similar to the CY-979A also without louvers with the R-390A installed. Maybe I
imagined it? Either way, I think the two links you posted illustrate the differences
between the R-390 and the 'A' cabinets, with the 'A' being more squared off and the
R-390 cabinet having the nice, rounded corners and more louvers. I'd be pleased to
find one of each, but I'd settle for either one.

You're right about the 'other cabinets' part. The problem with using any old cabinet
is a lot like the same conflict you get trying to use a regular Collins 75A-2 or -3
receiver cabinet for a 51J/R-388. You need a much larger rear opening to accomdate the
different chassis requirements for that wonderful mechanical tuning system. I have my
spook R-390A project in an old Imperial cabinet similar to the R-390 cabinet, but
instead of louvers it has a mesh top. The rear panel is open to accept the the R-390
or A just fine, too.

Any way you look at it, R-390 or R-390A, or even R-388 cabinets aren't lying around on
every street corner. The vast majority seem to have been rack-mounted, if surviving
photographs are any clue.

Thanks for posting the links, Paul -

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ

"Paul H. Anderson" wrote:

> I'm confused... Mac was selling CY-979A cases, which are louvered (see
> <http://www.pdq.com/boatanchors/cy-979a>), have shock mounts, and are
> intended in part for vehicle and other mobile applications.  There is
> another case, a CY-917, that I thought was a lighter weight table top case
> for the R-390 series and SP-600.  I looked in my archives, and see a note
> from Tom N50FF about a case he has
> <http://www.geocities.com/courir26/Ed390A.jpg> which he says is not a
> CY-917, but appears to be made for the 390.