[R-390] Modded my R-390A...

[Cecil Acuff]

I am sure he would consider reversing the mods if someone would send him a
nicely restored SP-600VLF...

In fact I wouldn't mind having one of them myself!

Cecil...
----- Original Message -----
From: Barry Hauser <barry@hausernet.com>
To: <r-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Modded my R-390A...


> Greetings to the list ...
>
> Now that we've established, or re-established that Roy's a great guy (and
I
> agree), I'm afraid there are some other issues to deal with.  They concern
> our dear friend Phil A.
>
> For one, he outright admitted that he actually drilled a hole to install
an
> RCA jack in _our_ R-390A.  (Private ownership of historical relics is a
mere
> illusion, a commercial technicality, and in Phil's case, often very
> temporary.)  In one move,  a double infraction.  First, there's the hole.
> Then -- an RCA jack?  What's this, some kind of Victrola?  At least he
could
> have had the common decency to be thematically consistent and installed a
> BNC.
>
> There's more.  What's the purpose of the abovementioned abomination?  To
> connect a Q-multiplier, right?  The physical act of the connection is
> reversible -- just a single coax connection (albeit via that unauthorized
> orifice).  However, it does, in no uncertain terms, indicate the intent to
> operate an R-390A at a Q other than the official, sanctioned Q.  The
Collins
> gurus in their wisdom equipped the R-390A with a wide range of selectivity
> settings. They did not see fit to add a Q-multiplier.  Enough said.
>
> Finally, Phil Atchely is a great guy, but he's also a self-confessed
lowfer
> with a penchant for dx-ing and monitoring beacons.  This gives cause for
> concern.  Perhaps the only thing worse is someone admitting to listening
to
> numbers stations -- the whole program -- and writing all the numbers down.
> Highly suspicious.  But that's not the issue.  While R-390A's differ as to
> numbers of holes, official and unofficial mods, manufacturer, purity of
> modules, etc., what do all have in common?  Even though the tags vary
> somewhat, what do they all say, emblazened and indelibly etched alongside
> the voltage requirements?  A low end of 500 kc.  Phil is operating his
> R-390A at odds with the official nomenclature plate and, yes folks,
> technically he is therefore "out of bounds".  Is nothing holy?
>
> All this will have to be taken up before the tribunal.  Of course, I'll be
a
> character witness.  (People say I'm a real character ;-)
>
> Barry
>
>
>
>
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