[R-390] First post to the list.

[Joe Foley]

Yii!

And here I am dead-lifting that pig onto the work bench by myself!

ARGH!  Real radios, real MEN!!

Joe




--- On Thu, 3/24/11, Jerry K <w5kp at hughes.net> wrote:

> From: Jerry K <w5kp at hughes.net>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] First post to the list.
> To: "Bill" <bmarx at bellsouth.net>
> Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, March 24, 2011, 4:03 PM
> 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:
> > AARP has 20% coupons in every issue. If you sign up
> for their mailing
> > list they send coupons by email and snail mail.
> >
> > I have been tempted by that hydraulic table as I get
> older and already
> > had my hernia operation from lifting radios.
> > Bill Marx W2CQ
> >
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