[R-390] Rush Limbaugh sure sounds good on '67 EAC ;-)

[mikea]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 04:36:52PM -0000, Phil Atchley wrote:
> Hi.
> Well, last night I got this '67 EAC all back together after recapping it (I
> did the RF deck the other day before I ran out of caps).  Anyway, right now
> I'm listening to Rush on it as I want to break it in right!
> 
> I'll let it sit here and burn in all morning and then this afternoon I'll
> check the tubes (something not yet done) and do the preliminary alignment on
> it.  After re-capping I like to do a preliminary alignment, run the set for
> a week or so and then do a final alignment which rarely changes much if any.
> But it gives me a chance to see if anything is changing in the set. 
> 
> Last night when I did a brief checkout it seemed that I had a high erratic
> noise floor being generated in the 3rd mixer stage (V204).  If I pulled V204
> or the PTO connector it'd go away, pulling V203 had no effect on it, telling
> me it was coming from the 3rd mixer or circuitry between 2nd and 3rd mixers.
> It was there on all bands, however, Voice of Russia on 17690 KHz was coming
> in at 90dB on the meter with all of 2 feet of test lead for an antenna!  Any
> decent station covered up the noise.  
> 
> This morning it seems much better so maybe it was a fluke?

No, it's an EAC. Congratulations anyway! EAC R-390s is good stuff.

Imagine a _radio_ built to Fluke standards! I'd love to have one.

-- 
Mike Andrews
mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin since 1964