[R-390] EAC AGC

[Guido Santacana]

Hi Larry,

  Thanks for the information. I replaced all the bumble bees in the IF deck and also C553 and 549. Will do the same with C551. My last R390A here was gone back in 2000. This one appeared in a hamshack and was stored for about 35 years. It required major cleaning, recapping, tube pins cleaning, a lot of Deoxit, main chassis cleaning after removal of all decks and reassembly. Luckily it came out strong. 

I want to build prepare a bucking transformer to run this radio at a line voltage that is more in agreement with the times when it was built (110-115VAC). The line coltage here is almost 125VAC. The set requires 140 watts without the crystal ovens so I think that a 3 amp bucking transformer can do the job.

Many thanks for the info and 73s

Guido

Guido Santacana KP4FAR