Re: [Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club

2011-02-21 Thread Richard Knoppow
- Original Message - From: "Curt Nixon" To: Sent: Monday, February 21, 2011 7:43 AM Subject: [Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club Good Morning All: I know this is slightly off topic but that great minds think alike. Over the weekend, I took the opportunity to acquire a

Re: [Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club

2011-02-21 Thread Don Cunningham
That video is now on DVD, so much handier, and is done by Hi-Res. Also available from Electric Radio's store and is the same price. They do a LOT of Collins and receiver videos. 73, Don, WB5HAK ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net ht

Re: [Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club

2011-02-21 Thread Robert Fish
Hi Curt, I was thinking of buying one of those at one time. While collecting info, I found that one of the R390A gurus had made a couple of videos about the dissassembly, care and feeding of the beasts. These were like 8 or 12 hours of video so probably very detailed. They are for sale somewh

Re: [Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club

2011-02-21 Thread Al Parker
Hi Curt, Haven't seen another answer to your last item, so here's one. A fairly active group, good info available as answers, etc.: R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:r-...@mailman.qth.net 73, Al, W8UT www

Re: [Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club

2011-02-21 Thread Mark Pilant
Hi Curt. There is an R-390 & R-390A list. This should get you started: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 73 - Mark N1VQW ___ Drakelist mailing list Drakelist@zerobeat.net http://mailman.zerobeat.net/mailman/listinfo/drakelist

Re: [Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club

2011-02-21 Thread Phbjr
All R-390As are excellent with the Collins versions being the "gold standard." Here is what I recommend: 1. A complete copy of the original MIL manual. 2. Spare ballast tubes (or a suitable substitute) if you plan to use it a lot. 3. A light touch on the slugs if you plan to do an alignm

[Drakelist] Slug Tuning Club

2011-02-21 Thread Curt Nixon
Good Morning All: I know this is slightly off topic but that great minds think alike. Over the weekend, I took the opportunity to acquire a R390A..ser 3981 Collins tagged, 1955. It appears to be unaltered, complete, even to the original military power cord. Appears to have never had any mo