Barry, Do you have any pictures?
Gary I. Biasini ________________________________ From: Barry Scott <[email protected]> on behalf of Barry Scott <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 6:00:37 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390A and GFI Years ago, I made some aluminum adapter plates that mounted on the existing threads where FL-101 was. It had a properly-shaped hole that accepted a modern line filter with an IEC connector. Clean, no-mod update. Thanks, Barry On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 5:44 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Good Afternoon Jim, > > Another thought comes to mind, do you need the original R390/A line filter > (FL101)? Most of today's interference is by way of the antenna input, RFI. > Line noise is better dealt with by finding that source and unplug it. FL101 > is what trips GFIs because of leakage of the caps inside of said line > filter. So power the R390/A (with no antenna connected) through an outlet > that does not have a GFI, is there noise? If there is no noise, at this > time > a FL101 or equivalent is not needed. Remove FL101 and be done with it. If > there is noise, the search begins. Might be easiest to unplug the source, > maybe ferrite thingies, or a line filter mentioned by the rest of the long > distant R390/A service dept. > > If noise is by way of the antenna input....................welcome to > today's world. > > Regards, > Craig > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Jim > Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 9:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [R-390] R-390A and GFI > > I'm in a new location and when I plugged in my R-390A it tripped the GFI's > in the room. > I see that there is a modification to the 390 AC filter, but time is short > and I would like to get it on the air. > Is there a simple way to keep the 390 tripping GFI's? > > TNX > Jim > WB2TPS > ______________________________________________________________ > R-390 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > R-390 mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
