Re: [IRCA] Collins stuff

["Bill Block" <billwblock@xxxxxxx>]

In the 20 years that I have had the R-390A the only trouble that I have had 
is the 3TF7 Ballast tube and I went through 3 of them.  Many years ago I got 
the last two 3TF7 tubes in Portland and at the time thought that they would 
last for a long time.  Well this last fall my last 3TF7 failed so now I use 
the paper clip and 12BA6 tubes.

Bill Block
Prescott Valley, AZ


>From: Milspec390@xxxxxxx
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>Subject: Re: [IRCA] Collins stuff
>Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 18:29:14 EDT
>
>Hi Bill -
>
>  In addition to FRG-100, DX-394's, -398's, etc. here there's always at 
>least
>one R-388 and R-390 up. Some have camped on same freq for twenty or more 
>years
>excepting for routine alignments. They do what they were designed to do. 
>They
>do it well, ask little in exchange.
>
>They were designed and built during an all-or-nothing life/death era when
>things had to work well at all times. Lives hung in balance.
>
>
>                            =Z.=


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