[R-390] Where do I begin?

Gary Pewitt n9zsv at cei.net
Sun Jul 10 12:01:39 EDT 2005


There is a -really- good set of video tapes about going through an R-390 
available.  It's advertised in Electric Radio Magazine which is itself a 
very valuable source of information as well as entertainment.  Many good 
articles about rebuilding and improving all sorts of boatanchor radios and 
a very good classified ad section.  You can look through the index for 
relevant issues or buy a whole set.  It may become your favorite magazine 
as it has for me.  73  Gary



At 07:47 AM 7/10/2005, r390 wrote:

>OK...here's my story.  About 10 years ago, I was given an R-390.   What a 
>great radio, it worked awesome, and I
>really love that radio.  Well a few years later, signals got real weak, 
>and then suddenly they were gone.  I could hear
>a hiss and it would get louder as I turned up the gain, but the signals 
>were gone.  Well, as luck would have it, a divorce, a job change, and a 
>move got in the way, but I always lugged that radio with me knowing that 
>"someday" I'll fix it up.  Well, the day has arrived!  I have a nice new 
>home, a great shack, and now I want to get those signals back!
>I'm not a complete dope when it comes to working on radios, but I've never 
>worked on the R390.  I'm in the process of trying to find a manual, but in 
>the meantime I thought I would appeal to you guys to see what sort of 
>advice you could send my way.
>By the way, one of the uses I had for the rig back when it was working 
>good was to feed a homebrew RTTY demodulator which drove an old Model 28 
>RTTY machine.  Hmmm I still have the demod, and the RTTY machine.  Yup, I 
>lugged those along too.
>So, if anyone has any advice at all, I'd be most grateful.
>
>Thanks es 73
>
>Jim KA1EUI
>
>
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