[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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Gary Pewitt N9ZSV n9zsv at cei.net 479 675 4376
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