Fw: [R-390] R-390 POWER SUPPLY

Tue May 31 11:55:50 EDT 2005

To whom it may concern this CLARENCE LOZANO that now belongs to the R-390 
has placed ads on QTH for radios and has at least stole the money sent to 
him by at least 3 different people that I know, it could be more.  Dan 
Cotsirilos K9DTC

> From: "CLARENCE LOZANO" <JEEPER at netins.net>
> To: "Dan Merz" <djmerz at 3-cities.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390 POWER SUPPLY
>
>
>> THANKS DAN FOR ALL THE HELP .I WILL GIVE RAIR RADIO A CALL AND SEE WHAT 
>> THEY HAVE FOR MY R-390
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Dan Merz" <djmerz at 3-cities.com>
>> To: "'CLARENCE LOZANO'" <JEEPER at netins.net>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:38 PM
>> Subject: RE: [R-390] R-390 POWER SUPPLY
>>
>>
>>> Clearance,  not that is of great importance at this point,  but is this 
>>> a
>>> 390 or a 390a?  Without knowing much more,  I would venture this is the
>>> transformer or one of the two chokes making this noise.  Others on the
>>> reflector may have other ideas.  You can buy a replacement power supply 
>>> from
>>> Fair Radio for $25 (without tubes, but presumably good otherwise) for 
>>> the
>>> 390a,  and it could be a complete replacement or used for parts but 
>>> you'd
>>> have to identify the specific part before swapping.  Since your plug-in 
>>> caps
>>> and tubes are presumably ok,  you could just swap those into the Fair 
>>> supply
>>> and see if that does the trick.  Much cheaper than shipping the radio 
>>> for
>>> repair and the power supply is pretty easy to swap out.    I don't know 
>>> of a
>>> source for the 390 power supply if that is the radio you have but Fair 
>>> may
>>> have specific parts for the 390 if you can identify which one you need,
>>> maybe by feeling for the part that is vibrating.  By the way if you want 
>>> the
>>> general population on the reflector to see suggestions/responses from 
>>> you,
>>> you should "Reply to all" rather than just "Reply",  your choice.  Best
>>> regards,  Dan.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: CLARENCE LOZANO [mailto:JEEPER at netins.net]
>>> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 12:27 PM
>>> To: Dan Merz
>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390 POWER SUPPLY
>>>
>>> ALSO DAN,I AM NOT BLOWING FUSES,WHEN VOLUME IS TURNED ALL THE WAY 
>>> DOWN -I
>>> STILL HAVE THE HUM COMING FROM POWER SUPPLY
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dan Merz" <djmerz at 3-cities.com>
>>> To: "'CLARENCE LOZANO'" <JEEPER at netins.net>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 11:15 AM
>>> Subject: RE: [R-390] R-390 POWER SUPPLY
>>>
>>>
>>>> Clarence, hi.  Is this sound coming thru the speaker or is it a
>>>> vibration coming directly from the supply transformer and apparent
>>>> with the volume turned completely down?  From your description, "not
>>>> ac sound",  I take that to mean that it's not  ac line hum coming out
>>>> the speaker,  which is generally fixable by capacitor replacement.
>>>> Are you blowing fuses?  Dan.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>> [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>>>> On Behalf Of CLARENCE LOZANO
>>>> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 8:00 AM
>>>> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Subject: [R-390] R-390 POWER SUPPLY
>>>>
>>>> HELLO,I HAVE A R-390 POWER SUPPLY MAKES A HUMMING SOUND-NOT AC SOUND
>>>> ,IS THE POWER SUPPLY REPAIRABLE WITH THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM?
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