[R-390] 390A's in New Service

[Cecil Acuff]

Right.....I'll need to roll up my pants legs a bit more at this point.....

Cecil..
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom M." <courir26 at yahoo.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 11:02 AM
Subject: [R-390] 390A's in New Service


> Group,
>
> I'm responsible for the control system on a major offshore oil platform. 
> The
> platform (SPAR built by Aker in Finland) cost .75 billion dollars so we 
> have a
> pretty good choice of equipment.
>
> The various instruments and monitors in the system need to be calibrated 
> every
> few months.  I thought what better way than to employ a couple of 390A's 
> and
> scopes with WWV as a freq standard.
>
> I got with Les and Chuck and set up a "sole source" deal for two 
> overhauled
> units.  Chuck provided us with two nice EAC's virtually dead stock.  We 
> didn't
> pay Fowler money for them, but suffice it to say the price was a bit 
> higher
> than the hobby price (sorry if we cut in line, you know how things work 
> $$$$$
> talks).  He also provide NOS sets of spares in the original boxes, new 
> covers
> and new A&M meters.  We also got Y2K manuals on CDs.
>
> These things work great and the boys on the platform really dig them. 
> They are
> kept in racks in a MCC building that the boys keep around 60F (brrrr). 
> I'm
> guessing during football season they will be locked on WWL for Saints 
> football.
>
> I could have done this with Icom R-75s but that would have been no fun at 
> all.
> Don't wait for Uncle Sam to keep these things in legit service.  Make 
> something
> happen if you can.
>
> Thanks Les for finding the cores and Chuck for supplying the finished 
> rigs.
>
>
> 73 Tom
>
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