[R-390] R-390 Digest, Vol 132, Issue 7

Drew P. via R-390 r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Thu Apr 16 01:48:00 EDT 2015



On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM, Les Locklear <leslocklear at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
> That is the part that is most likely to break.............the slug gets
> stuck and then the coil turns breaking the wire.
>
> Open it up and fix the break, they usually break in a visible area. Epoxy
> the coil so it won't move and free up the slug so it can move freely. I
> would bet Fair is out of them. If they have them, it will be at a premium
> price.
>
> American Trans coil at one point was manufacturing them new for Government
> orders up until maybe 10 years ago.
>
> I'm not sure if their website even exists anymore.

Barry Hauser (SK) bought the entire R-390( )-related stock of parts from American Trans-Coil. No one seems to know what became of the parts when Barry died.

Drew


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