Fw: [R-390]

Lee Bahr pulsarxp at earthlink.net
Sun Jun 20 17:47:20 EDT 2004


I went to the Arlington Ham Comm in Texas yesterday and bought my third
R-390A.  It was a Motorola, serial # 1587.  All meters are intact but the
chap who sold it to me for $250 said it does not work on all bands and he
didn't  know what was wrong with it. He said he found it in a corporation's
disposable pile.  Now I have 3 of them to restore!  (The other two are EAS
units).  The Motorola unit looks clean and the front panel is nice but not
perfect.  All the covers are there.

What would be the most logical reason for some bands not working?  I guess
crystals would be suspect and maybe switch contacts, if nobody was screwing
slugs around in the unit.  (I'll check to see if rack coil slugs are
moving).

Also, what do you guys think of the latest Electric Radio's article (June,
2004) on improving R-390A audio?  I'm thinking of trying this if I ever/when
get my radios up and running,

I just ordered the two sets of Hi-Res videos on the R-390A as well as the
set for the SP-600JX but they have not arrived from Hi-Res as yet.  My two
cap kits for my first two R390As have been sitting on the work bench for
weeks now.  Maybe the videos will get me going!

Lee, w0vt
Houston




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