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

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 08:23:10 -0400

RUSH LIMBAUGH?
Jim
WB2FCN

----- Original Message -----
From: "mikea" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:18 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Rush Limbaugh sure sounds good on '67 EAC ;-)

> 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
> [email protected]
> Tired old sysadmin since 1964
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