[R-390] Carrier-level adjustment pot?

Bob Camp ham at cq.nu
Wed Jan 24 07:48:11 EST 2007


Hi

A single turn pot below 10 ohms is a reasonable alternative. You need  
to fiddle the resistors a little but it works just fine.

Bob

On Jan 23, 2007, at 10:57 PM, Barry wrote:

> Can someone tell me which 10-turn pot they've used to replace the
> carrier-level pot in the R390A?  I ordered one, but the little  
> solder tabs
> are pretty small.  Considering two of the original pins had two wires
> running to it, one of which is the 1W resistor, the holes in this  
> pot aren't
> really big enough for the job.  I think I ran into this with my first
> replacement in my other radio and I ended up soldering to the  
> resistor lead
> and/or jumper wire, but don't remember.  Is there a pot that has  
> holes big
> enough to do the job and will still fit under the housing?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barry - N4BUQ
>
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