[R-390] line filter for EAC R390A
Barry
n4buq at knology.net
Tue Jul 28 11:01:03 EDT 2009
> The 390/390A is not very susceptible to RF interference from crud on
> the power line -- most objectionable interference comes in on the
> antenna leads -- so doing without the filter entirely will be very
> unlikely to degrade performance, unless you routinely run your radio
> off a square-wave inverter or otherwise feed it god-awful dirty
> power. I consider it a best practice to replace the line filter with
> a modern one, but I would not hesitate to remove it altogether,
> confident that I would never be able to tell the difference in use.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Don
I ran one of my R390As without a filter for a long time (until I replaced it with a modern line filter). It might have responded to light switches a bit more than one with a good (read: modern) filter, but other than that, I doubt it made any difference.
Barry - N4BUQ
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