[R-390] EAC Rocket Ship Radios

[Lester Veenstra]

As I recall from active duty days, these last production runs from EAC were
notorious for the acid leaking tantalum caps in the audio assembly.


Lester B Veenstra  MØYCM K1YCM W8YCM
lester at veenstras.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of chuck.rippel at cox.net
Sent: 23 August 2012 13:44
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [R-390] EAC Rocket Ship Radios

I have one of the 252'ish R390A's that was offered to the general 
public.  Save for the Rocketship on the front tag,
I can't tell the difference between it and mil-spec.  It's just, IMHO, 
another '67 EAC with a rear serial number stenclied on the back plate of 
just over 11,000.

Chuck Rippel

>
> On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 8:21 AM, chacuff <chacuff at cableone.net> wrote:
>> What you might have seen was the add for the brand new EAC Rocketship 
>> R-390A
>> offered to the public.  I've seen pictures of that ad.  I don't think 
>> the
>> military was surplusing the R390A yet in the late 60's
>
> Not only that, the 'cheap' price listed in the ads for the civilian
> version was only if you bought multiple sets. A lot of folks miss the
> fine print.
>
> George Rancourt recently came into a civilian version and said he
> wasn't terribly impressed with the overall quality compared to the mil
> versions. He said it looked like they took reject modules, repaired
> them, and built the sets. He has my EAC mil version at his place and
> said the civilian model wasn't as nice. I've never been into one
> myself beyond casual viewing. Probably along the lines of the Fowlers,
> scarcity wins out over quality for collector types.
>
> They do have a cool tag, though.
>
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ/4
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