[R-390] New Guy

[Cecil Acuff]

Great news Lee,

        You are in the right place.  Have you powered it up?  If so what did
it do....did all the tubes light...including the ballast tube....it starts
out bright and dims down when working properly.

You need the manual...may as well download the New and Improved one that's
out there....the Y2K guide.  It's a work (masterpiece) in progress.  Check
www.r-390a.net it's a wealth of information.  You'll be up and running in no
time!

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lee Bahr" <pulsarxp@earthlink.net>
To: <R-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 12:31 PM
Subject: [R-390] New Guy


>
> Well, I'm here!  I have a R390A that I bought at a hamfest a year ago and
> need to get it working!  I don't have a clue what needs to be done with it
> as I have not fooled with it as yet.  It does not look beat up and the
front
> panel looks good.  Without going into it, I see no corrossion.  Been into
> boat anchors a long time, but this thing frankly does intimidate me!  As
you
> know, this is a LOT of radio. I know nothing about working on a R390A.  It
> was made by the Electronic Assistance Corp and has a serieal number on it
of
> 4002.  Fortunately, it has the meters and top and bottom covers.  I have
dug
> into a lot of radios, but this one does scare me.  Sure wish there was a
> mentor in Houston for encouragement.  I have never needed one for other
> radios.  It would be great to have it running.  (I did use one when I was
in
> the Army back in 1957). I guess I need to find a maintenance manual
> somewhere.  (I have a Variac, scope, RF generator, analog volt/ohm meters,
> digital meters, tube testor, solder irons and some rosin core solder, but
no
> guts)!
> signed,
> Trembling in His Boots in Houston
> Lee, w0vt
>
>
>
> > You overlook the obvious problem.  With the generous help of this
> reflector,
> > all the R-390's and R-390A's from 2 -3 years ago have been fixed,
aligned
> > and refurbished.  Until a new guy shows up or something breaks there is
> not
> > much else to do. Unless you want to follow the other reflectors and
start
> a
> > thread on wiring headphone/microphone plugs.
> >
> > Jim
>
>
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