[R-390] 1968 EAC 390A

[Tim Shoppa]

Tom Norris <r390a at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >> 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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Supply-line wise, wouldn't there have been a problem with directly
producing for the consumer using tooling etc. owned by the US Gov't?

The earlier suggestion that these are made out of rejected/repaired
modules sounds sensible to me although I certainly have no personal
experience that would lean me that way!

Tim.