[R-390] Re: Ballast Tube Thread - on topic - Haa Haa - take that again ...

[Bob Camp]

Hi

So if a ballast tube is so important to making a stable radio that you 
can't even replace it with a herring then answer me this:

We have the R-390A's dwarf midget child the R-392. The 392 is designed 
to be a mobile version of the 390. It runs directly off a jeep 
alternator. Last time I checked an alternator output it wandered around 
quite a bit depending on the speed of the motor. Both radios were 
supposed to do the same FSK stuff at roughly the same stability. The 
R-390A did it at a line voltage of say +/- 10%. The 392 did it at a 
supply between 22 and 32 volts.

So why no ballast tube in the 392 ???? If one was needed that's the 
radio that should have gotten it. It didn't even get a herring ....

	Take Care!
	
		Bob Camp
		KB8TQ



On Jul 5, 2004, at 8:55 PM, Tom Norris wrote:

> Ja, ya betcha --
>
> Ole was working on his R390 one day and noticed the ballast tube
> no longer had continuity. So Ole turns to Sven and he says
>
> "Sven, ya know, dis ballast tube don't got no continuity an ve can't
> make the radio play. Vouldja go ta the kitchen and get a herring
> and ve vill see if it vill make it vork..."
>
> OK, I'll hush already....
>
> T
>
>> Actually, it was Sven and Ole and they were on their way to the 
>> .............................John
>>
>>
>>
>> John Page K4KWM
>> Hollow State since 1953
>> (ex W8PKU,N8BLB,NA8O)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> From: Tom Norris <r390a at bellsouth.net>
>>> To: R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>>> Subject: [R-390] Re: Ballast Tube Thread
>>> Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:34:35 -0500
>>>
>>> The only way this thread could get worse is if it degrades to
>>> Ole and Lena jokes.....
>>>
>>> (did I *really* say that...??)
>>>
>>> Tom
>>>
>>>> As my Norwegian grandfather told me, Lutefisk is made by putting a 
>>>> codfish in da back porch and ven all da neighbor dogs come by and 
>>>> pee on it, let it set for tree veeks and den it's done py golly!
>>>>
>>>> Les
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In a message dated 7/5/2004 5:06:28 PM Central Daylight Time, 
>>>> ham at cq.nu writes:
>>>>
>>>> Lutefisk is on the officially approved cleaning compound
>>>
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