[R-390] R-390A Test Equipment

[Barry]

GR 1806A.  Ooooh!  I've never owned one but those look NICE.  Just got another HP410B to add to the VTVM collection but now am wanting the GR...

Thanks,
Barry - N4BUQ

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky68 at gmail.com>
> To: "Perry Sandeen" <sandeenpa at yahoo.com>
> Cc: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2018 8:53:46 AM
> Subject: [R-390] R-390A Test Equipment
> 
> Perry,
> 
> Just rand into this old email from you.
> 
> I just got a Tek 547 (to replace one lost in a disaster) and look forward to
> working on my three R-390A’a that did survive the disaster.  One is missing
> the IF module, and I think it was lost in the disaster, so I will likely be
> looking for a replacement.  If you have one for sale, let me know.
> 
> I have three R-390A’a here.  One is an EAC, and I look forward to getting at
> least two running nicely.  They’ve been “in storage” for some. Years now.
> 
> I also got with the 547 a Fluke 8010A DMM.  These seem to bring low money on
> eBay now - only four digits (!) but it has all the functions I’d ever need
> for work on the R-390A’s.  (None of us need 6 or 8 digits of
> voltage/resistence readout!)
> 
> So would a GR 1800A VTVM, and I hope to find another one of those to rebuild
> also. (I do own a GR 1806A, the very best VTVM I have ever used!).  I did
> lose a TS-505, that was very useful.
> 
> 
> Roy Morgan
> k1lky68 at gmail.com <mailto:k1lky68 at gmail.com>
> 
> 
> 
> > On Oct 19, 2016, at 5:53 PM, Perry Sandeen via R-390 <r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> > <mailto:r-390 at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
> > 
> > List,
> > There are two tools that make servicing the R3XX receivers much easier.
> > First is a DVM.  There good ones available that are in the $50 ranged. (If
> > you're really, really, really cheap then Harbor Freight has some usually
> > on sale for $4 or less.)
> > If one want to do more serious work and O'scope is the only way to go.
> > I got a Tek 2445 for $180 at a hamfest several years ago.There are loads of
> > them on Ebay that are <100 MHz bandwidth.  Some have a DVM value that is
> > on the screen.
> > For a bit more ($150 to $200)  one can get older 465's with a much higher
> > band width.
> > IMNSHO, if you can afford R3XX receivers, an O'scope is necessity.
> > Regards,
> > Perrier
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