[R-390] Motorola vs EAC

[Tisha Hayes]

EAC used to be Hammarlund who made the SuperPro series of radios (a fine
receiver in it's own right). Hammarlund/EAC only went astray when they
started to make transistorized gear (Hamlet radios for Vietnam and CB
radios). They were not like Helena Rubenstein or some of the other
fly-by-night radio manufacturers who all wanted to get into the R-390A
business.

I have a '67 EAC with mostly EAC modules and it is a fine radio. I can find
no fault in their manufacturing process or in the performance of the radio
when compared to a Motorola derivative. It is nice to not have black-beauty
caps (Hammarlund learned that lesson in the SuperPro where they had used
black beauties) and in general, the workmanship (soldering, component
placement, lead routing) is all excellent.

Since the R-390A did have a fairly large span of time it was in
manufacturing you will find some component changes from the earliest
manufactured units up until the final units were made. I would prefer to
have a newer-made radio as the filters are probably newer and the foam has
not reverted back into tar, the resistors, caps, coils and transformers are
also newer.

Your mileage may vary,

-- 
Ms. Tisha Hayes/ AA4HA
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