Fwd: Re: [R-390] Oldham Connector piece needed plus deaf band question

[Gary Pewitt]

>To: "Andy Vavra" <avavra1 at verizon.net>, <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>From: Gary Pewitt <n9zsv at magtel.com>
>Subject: Re: [R-390] Oldham Connector piece needed plus deaf band question
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>Andy, if you want top performance out of a 392 split the power 
>supply.  Put 24v  on the filaments and 32v on the plates.  The power 
>cable has only three working connections, filaments, plates, and 
>ground.  Normally the plate and filament lines are hooked 
>together.  Works great.
>73  Gary
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>At 07:19 PM 9/24/2008, Andy Vavra wrote:
>>Hello to the group.  I am restoring an R-392, little cousin to the R-390
>>series and am in need of the small piece of plastic material that goes
>>between the two halves of an Oldham connector to join the bandwidth shaft to
>>its switch assembly in the IF strip.
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>>Does anyone have one to donate or sell?
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>>And my question for the group is this:  The receiver is slightly hard of
>>hearing on the bands between 7 - 16 mHz.  Crystal oscillator is strong as
>>measured at the diode load jack and other bands perform well.  I figure the
>>common genealogy between the 390 and 392 should share some common problems
>>and fixes as well.   Is this a sign of an alignment issue in the RF deck or
>>something else?
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>>de Andy, KD3RF / VE2DXY
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>Gary Pewitt  N9ZSV   garypewitt at centurytel.net  479 675 4376
>1500 French Prairie Rd. Booneville, Arkansas  72927
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Gary Pewitt  N9ZSV   garypewitt at centurytel.net  479 675 4376
1500 French Prairie Rd. Booneville, Arkansas  72927
Sturgeon's Law "Ninety percent of everything is crap."
Pewitt's Law: But it's that other 10% that makes life worth living."