[R-390] 1968 EAC 390A

[Les Locklear]

My understanding is that the Ditmore Freimuth receivers were all 67 EAC 
built R-390A's.

Les Locklear
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>; "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] 1968 EAC 390A


> Glad you brought this up because I have a question.
>
> Tom Marcotte's production chart shows DAABO5-67-C-0155 for the EAC '67
> Contract, followed by EAC Industries/Hammarlund '68 as "consumer" -- no
> contract number -- with highest reported S/N as 118.
>
> Following the consumer run the chart shows DAAB05-68-C-0040 -- '68 
> contract,
> but as Dittmore-Friemuth with highest s/n as 215.
>
> I recently acquired a '390A with a '60 EAC tag on it, but nothing is from
> that contract.  The contract stamped on the back panel is 
> DAAB05-68-C-0040,
> however the rubber stamp job shows "Electronic Assistance Corp." not
> Dittmore-Friemuth.   The serial # on the back panel is 153.
>
> The IF deck has the same contract and mfr as does the Xtal Osc. deck.  The
> power supply is a '67 EAC, and has what looks like a depot rectifier 
> upgrade
> job -- tube shield mounts crushed in the usual fashion.  The audio deck is 
> a
> Collins -- just has "Collins" and a serial number. However, the plug-in 
> caps
> have a '67 date.  I have not pulled the RF deck and can't see the 
> stamping,
> but looks like it belongs to that Xtal deck -- probably that '68 contract.
>
> So ... did the D-F's say Dittmore-Friemuth on the back or EAC? Or what ???
>
> standing by ....
> Barry
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
> To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 6:39 PM
> Subject: [R-390] 1968 EAC 390A
>
>
>> Figured I'd raise more of a discussion over the civilian EAC '390A
>> (similar to that seen on Ebay).  It wasn't meant as strictly an ebay
>> subject, but a discussion of this particular sort of R-390A.
>>
>> Seriously, while we've raised the issues of ballasts, end points and
>> gear rebuilds on a regular basis, this isn't a subject I've heard
>> discussed in some number of years. We've discussed other contract
>> years of note, but not mentioned much about the EAC end-run.
>>
>> Looking at Tom Marcotte's s/n list, the high serial seen for these
>> seems to be near 118.  Anyone know how many of these were sold?  Were
>> these all repaired QC failures or were they simply the "tail end"
>> from the 1967 contract? Anything in particular different about these
>> units other than the front tag?
>>
>>
>> Tom NU4G
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