[R-390] Installing a R390

[John Lawson]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2006, Buzz wrote:

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> http://webpages.charter.net/muttman/Inst_R390.jpg


   Oh NO!!   What on earth were you THINKING!!!

   Everyone, but EVERYONE knows that, when using a forklift to rack a 390, 
you should always wrap (freshly washed) gym socks around the forks - to 
keep from scratching your Baby...!

     ;}


   Seriously, though - not bad, if you can then get the rack in/out of the 
shack easily after the Radios (and the spectrum analyzer) are mounted.

   Some folks advocate the use of side-bars made of aluminum or iron angle 
- or using a rack with rear rails to keep the entire wieght of the 390 
from hanging on the front panel - although I have no direct evidence that 
this is an acute problem - and my previous 390s lived in a rack with only 
4 screws in each one - they were (apparently) happy for years.

   My two rigs (390 and 390A) currently sit on the desk, but they, and the 
rest of my gear, are destined for racking - so I'll soon face this exact 
scenario - twice, plus the R-388, the WWV reciever, the smaller 
transmitters, the Mdo Monitor, the AM scope, and a stack of RTTY 
Apparatus.


   Cheers

John  KB6SCO
Carson City DM09fg
80M AM fone / 3880 Mhtz