[R-390] 1968 EAC 390A

[Tom Norris]

So, where did the commercial receivers end up coming from, supply- 
line wise? Did the good EAC receivers go to them and the ones that  
didn't pass qa end up being sold commercially??

I didn't get an email off to the ebay seller before he had his radio  
boxed up, or he'd been happy to have taken a shot of the back panel.

Tom

On Dec 4, 2005, at 7:04 PM, Les Locklear wrote:

> 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
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>> 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
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- 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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