[R-390] Some of you will hate this

[Dan Merz]

JIm, looks like nice job. Never fear,  some fool like me in the future may restore the radio to its full glory and may even find the case you discarded to do it. Or maybe just enjoy, in its own right, what you created. Best regards, Dan. 

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> On Apr 18, 2017, at 9:39 AM, Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> Back in the 1970s I couldn't afford an R-390A, but could afford an
> R-392.  Considering the latter to be Really Ugly I constructed a new
> front panel and got rid of the military case.  This was my main
> general coverage receiver for several years.
> 
> You'll see one blooper - the plug in a hole marked BANDWIDTH.  I had intended to put a shaft and right-angle gear to attach to the bandwidth switch, but for some reason I built and attached an AC power supply that was right in the way of running that shaft.  Well it turned out the
> bandwidth switch inside was partly broken anyway, so I don't want to turn
> it.
> 
> Recently I replaced the 26A7 tube with the FET circuit that someone
> posted as a direct plug-in replacement.
> 
> I admit, by today's standards, I destroyed an artifact.  But in the 1970s
> I had a nice rack-mount station receiver.
> 
> Jim W6JVE
> 
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