[R-390] wow... the R-391A does exist - Video Update

[Barry Hauser]

Ray ..

You've captured the essence of the thing.  Make sure you turn up the volume 
on your PC's when you play it for full effect.

Bear in mind - all that racket and grinding noise occurs when the autotune 
is working right.  When it isn't -- stuck, damaged, or out of mechanical 
synch, it crashes into the ends of the ten turn stops and keeps on trying 
like a horizontal pile driver.  It's a good idea to be ready to cut the 28 
vdc.  There is no automatic safety shutoff.  Also notice when you play the 
video -- it does not seek the shortest path, so to speak -- it cycles 
through all or most of the way in one direction, then reverses.

A demo of the R-391A prototype or a regular R-391 ("It will work the same as 
this, sir.") might have gone a long way toward kaboshing the R-391A proposed 
contract.  ("We recommend a full alignment every two weeks, overhaul of the 
RF deck every three months, and replacement of the PTO every six months.") 
Not consistent with "cost-reduced".  "Y'know what?  Let 'em change the 
frequency by hand."

The R-105/R105A (ARR-15) has a 10-channel autotuner and the technology 
(combination-locksmith w/pawls, locking keys, etc.) is nearly the same, but 
they don't make as much of a racket and the action is a lot smoother.  You 
can tell why when  you manually tune those.

Barry



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray" <w2ec at bmjsports.com>
To: "List-R-390" <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] wow... the R-391A does exist - Video Update


> Since there is some interest in what a working R391 looks and sounds
> like, here is a link to my web page. It includes videos for both a
> functioning R-391 and ART-13. The original version was without sound as
> I put it on my web page when most everyone was still using 1200 or
> 2400baud modems. I've put the original versions with sound out there now
> that high speed internet connections seem to be the norm.
>
> "http://www.w2ec.com/Autotune.html"
>
> 73, Ray  W2EC
>
>
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