I had some parts made at JLCPCB from black nylon. Very nice and VERY inexpensive!
Barry - N4BUQ ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob kb8tq" <[email protected]> > To: "thoyer" <[email protected]> > Cc: "R-390 Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2024 9:08:36 AM > Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390A and GFI > Hi > > Done that way ( out of a plastic material), the mount is something that could > be > done > with a 3D printer. These days, you just do up a file and send it off to be > printed. The typical > cost is usually less than running them off your own printer. > > Bob > >> On Mar 25, 2024, at 8:44 PM, Tom via R-390 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Attached are a couple pics from one of my 390A's. For this one I made a >> Delrin >> block and used screws as studs to feed the power in and then attached it to >> an >> off the shelf line filter. I fabricated a mount for the line filter as well. >> >> On another unit I disassembled the line filter and gutted it. Connected the >> input to the output internally then sealed it back up and reinstalled. >> >> Another I opened up and replaced the caps with AC line caps. >> >> Experimenting with different approaches as you can tell. >> >> Tom >> W3TA >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On >> Behalf Of >> [email protected] >> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2024 8:15 PM >> To: Barry Scott <[email protected]>; [email protected] >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390A and GFI >> >> 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 >> <IMG_3922.JPG><IMG_3923.JPG><IMG_3951.JPG>______________________________________________________________ >> 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
