[R-390] EAC Mechanical Differences

[Jeff Adams]

One of my EAC decks has the Clevite filters, instead of the Collins 
mechanical filters:

http://jeffreyladams.com/clevite.html

73, Jeff KG4RZM


At 07:07 AM 3/28/2010, you wrote:
>EAC has some mechanical differences from other makes.  In speaking 
>with the chairman of EAC, I was informed that they received approval 
>from signal corp to allow spices in some of their wires. This 
>allowed them to wire the modules "in the open" and then assemble the 
>sides together.  If you look closely and compare EAC IF decks for 
>instance to other makes, you'll see that the sheet metal is shaped 
>differently and there is at least one splice.  There is also a 
>splice behind the front panel.   I  borrowed these two photos from 
>the internets.  Note the second pic (EAC) has the metal as two L 
>shaped halfs and you can see a wire splice on the pink wire running 
>near the BFO.  The SW metal in the second pic is shaped 
>differently.  How can this be if they all used the same drawings? 
>These changes are reflected in the drawings used by EAC and they got 
>approval. http://home.earthlink.net/~chestnutl/R390A-2.html 
>http://r-390a.us/images/IF_Recap.jpg As far as performance 
>differences I've never noted any.  All receivers met specs. 73 Tom N5OFF