[R-390] Headphone jacks, line outputs and green dial lamps.

[Philip B Atchley]

Hello all.  
Like many of you R-390A aficionados I spend a great number of hours
listening to my R-390A.  Often well past the witching hour.  Most of the
time I'm bandscanning, chasing beacons in the noisy longwave band below
500kHz.  I have found a couple of things that make it more pleasurable
for me and less disturbing to my XYL.

1.  When you plug headphones in, it does not disable the speaker if it is
on local audio. AND, the speaker is louder than my headset was.  Hence,
said XYL gets to hear all the T-storm noise, heterodyne etc that cover
the longwave range better than I do!  

Answer:  I put a separate matching transformer on the line audio output
jack to feed the headphones ONLY.  That way I control speaker and
headphones separately.  Incidentally.  I didn't have a 2nd line matching
transformer so I tried a 110/12VAC 1Amp transformer for the headset.  I'm
sure it isn't "hifi" but it sounds good to me!

2.  When listening into the "wee hours" (like 3:30AM) I found that the
dial was brighter than it needed to be for comfort in the dimly lit room.

Answer:  I had a couple of the little green rubber boots that slip over
dial lamps, who know what I robbed them from.  I placed them over a pair
of 328 dial lamps and gently pressed them through the hole for the dial
lamps.  Results?  A dial that has just the faintest hint of green in it's
lighting that is much easier on the eyes over the long listening hours
spent bandscanning.      

   
73 de Phil  KO6BB
Loving home provided for wayward Boatanchor Receivers
ko6bb@juno.com
Merced, Central California
37.18N  120.29W  CM97sh

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