[R-390] Re: R-390 digest, Vol 1 #723 - 12 msgs

Sun, 08 Jun 2003 11:35:14 -0400

The tubes are soldered into modules that plug in. The modules contain the 
tube, the bypass, biasing and coupling components. This makes it relatively 
easy to maintain, if you have spares. The actuating arms that go from the 
RF modules break easily. The receiver is so unstable that a fully insulated 
tuning wand inserted into the area where the straps from the tuning 
capacitor to the RF modules causes the radio to shift frequency. The 
projection dial is rather interesting and novel. I have worked on a few and 
own a few. They are real cheap (in the free to $100.00 range). The higher 
price is for one new in the box. Most hamfests that I go to have one there 
priced at $75.00 and it goes back with the owner. The radio requires a 
special cable or the back plate removed from your radio to maintain it.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV

At 10:13 AM 06/08/03 -0400, David P. Goncalves wrote:

>I just bought one of those SRR recievers - before I find out the hard way,
>how does serving the radio suck? Is it the soldered-in tubes? Or are there
>more horrors?
>
>Dave Goncalves
>
>
> > Message: 11
> > From: "Ed Zeranski" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [R-390] Hi
> > Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:30:09 -0700
> >
> >        By the way..working on the SRR receivers just sucked. The '390s were
> > ok but then we got a saddled with the R1051 and UCC-1V for tone diversity
> > multiplex receive traffic.....Bozo
> >
> > EdZ.
> >
>
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