[R-390] First post to the list.

[Jerry K]

I looked hard at those HF equipment lifts when I ran a T-368C with my 
R-390A's. The transmitter was 700+ lb, with the power supply drawer 
nearly half of that. I had to build a little skid ramp just to get the 
PS drawer out onto the concrete shop floor so I could get into it. Mod 
drawer was better but not much. I finally decided the PS didn't need to 
go up on the workbench after all, I could work on it just fine right 
there, thank you. Just flipping it over to get at the bottom side was a 
pretty good chore by myself, LOL. With major grunting I could manhandle 
the mod deck, but the PS was another story. What a transmitter, though. 
I later let a guy talk me out of it and was sorry for a long time 
afterwards. Did you ever work many, many, many hours to get something 
exactly like you want it, and then in a fit of insanity sell it a year 
or two later? This was my worst case ever of just that. This thing had 
some of the most beautiful, butter-smooth audio I've ever heard from an 
AM rig.
Some photos here: W5KP T-368C audio mods/photos 
<http://www.w9amr.com/n9foy/asbuilt_photos.html>
73 Jerry W5KP


On 3/24/2011 12:17 PM, Bill wrote:
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> I have been tempted by that hydraulic table as I get older and already
> had my hernia operation from lifting radios.
> Bill Marx W2CQ
>