[R-390] Re: R-390 Digest, Vol 23, Issue 50
Les Locklear
leslocklear at cableone.net
Wed Mar 29 10:43:48 EST 2006
User ID: 217stufforsale
Name: KELLY NACCARATO
Company:
City: GUILFORD
State: CT
Country: United States
Phone: (203) 640-3415
Registered Since: Thursday, Jul 15, 2004 10:30:17 PST
He has a bad reputation among the lists (Boatanchors, Hallicrafters,
Collins) some have had pretty good luck with him, most have not. Buyer
Beware.
Les
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Subject: [R-390] Re: R-390 Digest, Vol 23, Issue 50
> Beware of this guy, he switched to Private Bidder for a reason. He ripped
> off a friend of mine-sent him a corroded piece of crap and wouldn't make
> amends(sound familiar?). There is a legitimate reason some use Private
> Bidder-to prevent scammers from offering second chance buying options on
> high dollar auctions, but this guy is right in Martyn's league.
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>> 1. RE: SSB R-390A? (Francesco Ledda)
>> 2. Re: SSB R-390A? (Les Locklear)
>> 3. Re: SSB R-390A? (Tim Shoppa)
>> 4. Re: SSB R-390A? (Cecil Acuff)
>> 5. Re: SSB R-390A? (Tom Bridgers)
>> 6. Re: SSB R-390A? (Tim Shoppa)
>> 7. Re: SSB R-390A? (Les Locklear)
>> 8. Re: SSB R-390A? (Mark Huss)
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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:12:53 -0600
>> From: "Francesco Ledda" <frledda at verizon.net>
>> Subject: RE: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: <DJED1 at aol.com>, <future212 at comcast.net>, <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <PAEJKNPPIGMNDLMJLENMCEPAFAAA.frledda at verizon.net>
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>> The crystals came from a BC-604.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On
>> Behalf Of DJED1 at aol.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:03 PM
>> To: future212 at comcast.net; R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>
>>
>> I took a look at Chuck Rippel's photos, which are the most authentic view
>> of
>> the radio I can think of. The advertised radio has the extra module in
>> the
>> right place (in front of the audio module), and is connected to the IF
>> module
>> in the correct manner. However, Chuck's photo shows a module with two
>> metal
>> cased crystals, similar to the other crystals in the radio. The eBay
>> radio
>> has surplus FT243 crystals, which in my mind would make it a homebrew
>> setup.
>> But these are rare enough that I could be wrong.
>> Ed
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>> Message: 2
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 05:47:27 -0600
>> From: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: <DJED1 at aol.com>, <future212 at comcast.net>, <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <001d01c65326$8e209340$04eb5c45 at D3X0XK21>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> Some that had that modification had the tube and x-tals mounted behind
>> the
>> front panel.
>>
>> Depot job? Not hardly, Columbia Systems did most of the mods and
>> someother
>> outfit in California whos name escapes me at the moment.
>>
>> Just remember what P. T. Barnum said................
>>
>> Les Locklear
>>
>> The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
>>
>> Harlan Ellison (1934-
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: <DJED1 at aol.com>
>> To: <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:03 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>
>>
>>>I took a look at Chuck Rippel's photos, which are the most authentic view
>>>of
>>> the radio I can think of. The advertised radio has the extra module in
>>> the
>>> right place (in front of the audio module), and is connected to the IF
>>> module
>>> in the correct manner. However, Chuck's photo shows a module with two
>>> metal
>>> cased crystals, similar to the other crystals in the radio. The eBay
>>> radio
>>> has surplus FT243 crystals, which in my mind would make it a homebrew
>>> setup.
>>> But these are rare enough that I could be wrong.
>>> Ed
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:50:25 -0500
>> From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <s42a3c56.098 at gwiavs.nservices.wmata.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>>> It this a factory job? Ebay number 9705221146.
>>
>> I don't know what an official factory job looks like, but it looks
>> pretty well done.
>>
>> The frequencies printed on the crystals seem to be 22.8 and 24.5 MC?
>> They look
>> like WW2-surplus tank radio crystals, and I try to work out
>> how 455kc gozinta those and end up with multipliers like 54. Does
>> that ring a bell? 54 = 3*3*3*2, and 24.5/54 = 453.7kc.
>>
>> I know that 50's/60's era ARRL handbook BFO crystal articles had a table
>> or
>> formula relating tank radio crystal channels to IF-like frequencies.
>>
>>> This guys feedback reminds me of radio mart.
>>
>> Hard to tell. Other guys have drawn a similar conclusion from other
>> auctions
>> by this guy (esp the red velvet in some other pics), but I don't see all
>> of
>> radio mart's stupid boilerplate. Superlatives in the description are
>> similar though.
>>
>> Tim.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 4
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 07:38:46 -0600
>> From: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>, <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <000e01c65336$1b0994f0$6401a8c0 at acuff1>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> Looks like 32.8 or 32.0 if the zero is slashed....Hard to read. The
>> other
>> does look like 24.5 mc.
>>
>> I'll have to dig out a book and look at the math...
>>
>> Cecil....
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
>> To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:50 AM
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>
>>
>>>> It this a factory job? Ebay number 9705221146.
>>>
>>> I don't know what an official factory job looks like, but it looks
>>> pretty well done.
>>>
>>> The frequencies printed on the crystals seem to be 22.8 and 24.5 MC?
>>> They look
>>> like WW2-surplus tank radio crystals, and I try to work out
>>> how 455kc gozinta those and end up with multipliers like 54. Does
>>> that ring a bell? 54 = 3*3*3*2, and 24.5/54 = 453.7kc.
>>>
>>> I know that 50's/60's era ARRL handbook BFO crystal articles had a table
>>> or
>>> formula relating tank radio crystal channels to IF-like frequencies.
>>>
>>>> This guys feedback reminds me of radio mart.
>>>
>>> Hard to tell. Other guys have drawn a similar conclusion from other
>>> auctions
>>> by this guy (esp the red velvet in some other pics), but I don't see all
>>> of
>>> radio mart's stupid boilerplate. Superlatives in the description are
>>> similar though.
>>>
>>> Tim.
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>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 5
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:59:43 -0500
>> From: "Tom Bridgers" <Tarheel6 at msn.com>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>, <DJED1 at aol.com>,
>> <future212 at comcast.net>, <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <BAY111-DAV1221A29C9A19FDD5A29DCD90D00 at phx.gbl>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>
>> Columbia Electronics modified a bunch of R-390A's for the government,
>> including putting the selectable upper and lower sideband mod on them.
>> The
>> SSB mod Dick Walser showed me was on an L-bracket, much like the one
>> pictured in the auction, but they also repainted the front panel so that
>> the
>> BFO selector (upper, lower and on, off) looked original.
>>
>> Every (most) R-390A they remanufactured received a new Columbia
>> Electronics
>> tag. I have several of them that Dick gave me.
>>
>> Columbia Electronics (also known as Airborne Electronics) was owned by
>> Dick
>> Walser and his partner (whose name I cannot remember right now). I met
>> Dick
>> about 8 years ago and was a super person who knew EVERYTHING there was to
>> know about R-390As. I wrote an article about Dick and ER ran it. Sadly
>> Dick passed away about 2 years ago.
>> 73's,
>> -tom
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>
>> To: <DJED1 at aol.com>; <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:47 AM
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>
>>
>>> Some that had that modification had the tube and x-tals mounted behind
>>> the
>>> front panel.
>>>
>>> Depot job? Not hardly, Columbia Systems did most of the mods and
>>> someother
>>> outfit in California whos name escapes me at the moment.
>>>
>>> Just remember what P. T. Barnum said................
>>>
>>> Les Locklear
>>>
>>> The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.
>>>
>>> Harlan Ellison (1934-
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <DJED1 at aol.com>
>>> To: <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:03 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>>
>>>
>>> >I took a look at Chuck Rippel's photos, which are the most authentic
>>> >view
>>> >of
>>> > the radio I can think of. The advertised radio has the extra module
>>> > in
>>> > the
>>> > right place (in front of the audio module), and is connected to the IF
>>> > module
>>> > in the correct manner. However, Chuck's photo shows a module with
>>> > two
>>> > metal
>>> > cased crystals, similar to the other crystals in the radio. The eBay
>>> > radio
>>> > has surplus FT243 crystals, which in my mind would make it a homebrew
>>> > setup.
>>> > But these are rare enough that I could be wrong.
>>> > Ed
>>> > _____________________________________________________________
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>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 6
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:05:33 -0500
>> From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <s42a4de7.047 at gwiavs.nservices.wmata.com>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
>>
>> Roy wrote:
>>> 422.222 and 453.703 KC, respectively.
>>
>> I did the math for the other crystal but figured my eyesight was
>> too poor to actually read the marking :-).
>>
>> The 422.222 cannot possibly work as a SSB BFO, can it? I'd
>> expect the other sideband's BFO to be 456.3 kc +/- for symmetry,
>> which would be channel 46 (455.55kc) or channel 47 (457.something)
>>
>> Even as some funky RTTY shift it wouldn't be at 30 kc offset, would it?
>> (Somebody can tell me about a RTTY demod that took that if they want...)
>>
>> Tim.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 7
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 08:07:07 -0600
>> From: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: "Tom Bridgers" <Tarheel6 at msn.com>, <DJED1 at aol.com>,
>> <future212 at comcast.net>, <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Message-ID: <000b01c6533a$10cce5b0$04eb5c45 at D3X0XK21>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>> Airborne, that was it. Thanks Tom! I hadn't had enough coffee before
>> replying and I had a senior moment.....:-)
>>
>> That wasn't a "Depot" job, depots didn't do modifications except for
>> factory
>> approved field mods. All the ones I have seen (they aren't rare at all)
>> have
>> the HC-6U? smaller x-tals, looks like somebody had a bunch of surplus
>> FT-243's to use up.
>>
>> Maybe he had Martyn write up that "hype" for him?
>>
>> Les Locklear
>> Monitoring Since '57
>> Located On the Gulf of Mexico
>> Gulfport, MS.
>> http://www.hammarlund.info/homepage.html
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tom Bridgers" <Tarheel6 at msn.com>
>> To: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>; <DJED1 at aol.com>;
>> <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:59 AM
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>
>>
>>> Columbia Electronics modified a bunch of R-390A's for the government,
>>> including putting the selectable upper and lower sideband mod on them.
>>> The
>>> SSB mod Dick Walser showed me was on an L-bracket, much like the one
>>> pictured in the auction, but they also repainted the front panel so that
>>> the
>>> BFO selector (upper, lower and on, off) looked original.
>>>
>>> Every (most) R-390A they remanufactured received a new Columbia
>>> Electronics
>>> tag. I have several of them that Dick gave me.
>>>
>>> Columbia Electronics (also known as Airborne Electronics) was owned by
>>> Dick
>>> Walser and his partner (whose name I cannot remember right now). I met
>>> Dick
>>> about 8 years ago and was a super person who knew EVERYTHING there was
>>> to
>>> know about R-390As. I wrote an article about Dick and ER ran it.
>>> Sadly
>>> Dick passed away about 2 years ago.
>>> 73's,
>>> -tom
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>
>>> To: <DJED1 at aol.com>; <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:47 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Some that had that modification had the tube and x-tals mounted behind
>>>> the
>>>> front panel.
>>>>
>>>> Depot job? Not hardly, Columbia Systems did most of the mods and
>>>> someother
>>>> outfit in California whos name escapes me at the moment.
>>>>
>>>> Just remember what P. T. Barnum said................
>>>>
>>>> Les Locklear
>>>>
>>>> The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and
>>>> stupidity.
>>>>
>>>> Harlan Ellison (1934-
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: <DJED1 at aol.com>
>>>> To: <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:03 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >I took a look at Chuck Rippel's photos, which are the most authentic
>>>> >view
>>>> >of
>>>> > the radio I can think of. The advertised radio has the extra module
>>>> > in
>>>> > the
>>>> > right place (in front of the audio module), and is connected to the
>>>> > IF
>>>> > module
>>>> > in the correct manner. However, Chuck's photo shows a module with
>>>> > two
>>>> > metal
>>>> > cased crystals, similar to the other crystals in the radio. The
>>>> > eBay
>>>> > radio
>>>> > has surplus FT243 crystals, which in my mind would make it a homebrew
>>>> > setup.
>>>> > But these are rare enough that I could be wrong.
>>>> > Ed
>>>> > _____________________________________________________________
>>>> > R-390 mailing list
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>>>> >
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>>
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Message: 8
>> Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 09:34:18 -0500
>> From: Mark Huss <mhuss1 at bellatlantic.net>
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>> To: Les Locklear <leslocklear at cableone.net>
>> Cc: R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>> Message-ID: <442A9AEA.7060905 at bellatlantic.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> So, has anybody documented this mod, say schematics?
>>
>> Les Locklear wrote:
>>
>>> Airborne, that was it. Thanks Tom! I hadn't had enough coffee before
>>> replying and I had a senior moment.....:-)
>>>
>>> That wasn't a "Depot" job, depots didn't do modifications except for
>>> factory approved field mods. All the ones I have seen (they aren't
>>> rare at all) have the HC-6U? smaller x-tals, looks like somebody had
>>> a bunch of surplus FT-243's to use up.
>>>
>>> Maybe he had Martyn write up that "hype" for him?
>>>
>>> Les Locklear
>>> Monitoring Since '57
>>> Located On the Gulf of Mexico
>>> Gulfport, MS.
>>> http://www.hammarlund.info/homepage.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Bridgers" <Tarheel6 at msn.com>
>>> To: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>; <DJED1 at aol.com>;
>>> <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:59 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Columbia Electronics modified a bunch of R-390A's for the government,
>>>> including putting the selectable upper and lower sideband mod on
>>>> them. The
>>>> SSB mod Dick Walser showed me was on an L-bracket, much like the one
>>>> pictured in the auction, but they also repainted the front panel so
>>>> that the
>>>> BFO selector (upper, lower and on, off) looked original.
>>>>
>>>> Every (most) R-390A they remanufactured received a new Columbia
>>>> Electronics
>>>> tag. I have several of them that Dick gave me.
>>>>
>>>> Columbia Electronics (also known as Airborne Electronics) was owned
>>>> by Dick
>>>> Walser and his partner (whose name I cannot remember right now). I
>>>> met Dick
>>>> about 8 years ago and was a super person who knew EVERYTHING there
>>>> was to
>>>> know about R-390As. I wrote an article about Dick and ER ran it.
>>>> Sadly
>>>> Dick passed away about 2 years ago.
>>>> 73's,
>>>> -tom
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>
>>>> To: <DJED1 at aol.com>; <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 6:47 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Some that had that modification had the tube and x-tals mounted
>>>>> behind the
>>>>> front panel.
>>>>>
>>>>> Depot job? Not hardly, Columbia Systems did most of the mods and
>>>>> someother
>>>>> outfit in California whos name escapes me at the moment.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just remember what P. T. Barnum said................
>>>>>
>>>>> Les Locklear
>>>>>
>>>>> The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and
>>>>> stupidity.
>>>>>
>>>>> Harlan Ellison (1934-
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: <DJED1 at aol.com>
>>>>> To: <future212 at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:03 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> >I took a look at Chuck Rippel's photos, which are the most
>>>>> authentic >view
>>>>> >of
>>>>> > the radio I can think of. The advertised radio has the extra
>>>>> module in
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > right place (in front of the audio module), and is connected to
>>>>> the IF
>>>>> > module
>>>>> > in the correct manner. However, Chuck's photo shows a module
>>>>> with two
>>>>> > metal
>>>>> > cased crystals, similar to the other crystals in the radio. The
>>>>> eBay
>>>>> > radio
>>>>> > has surplus FT243 crystals, which in my mind would make it a
>>>>> > homebrew
>>>>> > setup.
>>>>> > But these are rare enough that I could be wrong.
>>>>> > Ed
>>>>> > _____________________________________________________________
>>>>> > R-390 mailing list
>>>>> > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
>>>>> > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm
>>>>> > Post: mailto:R-390 at mailman.qth.net
>>>>> > Unsubscribe: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/options/r-390
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
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>>>>> > Checked by AVG Free Edition.
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>>>>> 3/27/2006
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>>
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