[R-390] Proper Ant Connection for an R-390a

Mack McCormick w4ax.mack at gmail.com
Mon Nov 12 13:42:49 EST 2012


My R-390a restoration is complete and working great!

Here are some pictures in case you're interested:
https://plus.google.com/photos/103063296550398702279/albums/5809904019892837169?authkey=CO3YmIOmu6GX9AE

I'm sure I'll have many questions. One that I have immediately is how
should a typical ham antenna be connected to the receiver? In my case, it's
an 80M loop fed with balanced line into a 4:1 balun then to 50 ohm coax.
The impedance at the coax receiver connection is 50 ohms.

Presently I have it connected to the balanced connector and it seems to be
working great. Do I need to apply this mod to the antenna connection?
http://r-390a.net/NAVSHIPS-0967-063-2140.pdf

Thanks in advance for your suggestions! What a great receiver.

-- 
73,

Mack de W4AX
http://w4ax.com


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