[R-390] the saga cont. pt 10

[Craig C Heaton]

Brian,

On all the racks, I've left the antenna trim at "0". Peaked n' tweaked as if
it is a 50 ohm input receiver. The reason is my R-390A's are paired with
transmitters and the antenna tuner/transmission line/ antenna is adjusted
for 50 ohms to keep the transmitter happy. 

Hopefully, with the receiver aligned this way, "0" on the antenna trim
should be the peak reading (it is on mine) on the carrier meter when the
antenna system is adjusted for the transmitter. YMMV.

Craig,



-----Original Message-----
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On Behalf Of ka9egw at britewerkz.com
Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 2:03 PM
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [R-390] the saga cont. pt 10

Doing the RF alignment.  Working from the idea this thing may have been
over-diddled at some point.  Almost every adjustment so far has required
multiple turns of slug or significant movement of the cap to dial things in.
All well and good til the top band, [16-32] Mc cans.  The way this ckt is
put together, do you all think the antenna trim control should have much
effect when using the balanced input, or is it simply coincidental that on
the other bands it does?
I swapped in a different can from my spare RF deck, and same deal...
73, Brian KA9EGW

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