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Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:24:41 -0400
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Subject: New radio
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On 22 Jun 2005 14:13:57 -0700, wrote:

beerbarrel wrote:

Picked up a nice r-392 today. And to think some folks think you can't
gain anything from drinking beer other than a beer gut. I paid for it
with money from recycling the cans from the beer that I drink when I
hang out in the garage.

Love dem bones!
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You must either have saved cans for a long time, drink one
hell of a lot of beer, or found a R392 for a very good price.

2 out of 3 ain't bad! I paid 200 dollars for one with a power supply.
Which according to ebay pricing is a pretty good deal. I've been
wanting to get one and was going to wait until the hamfest at shelby
but went ahead and picked this one up.

I've done a good bit of research on the 392 and have mods in mind that
I would like to accomplish. Is there a commercially available
solidstae replacement or is that a homebrew project? My next rig will
be a 390. Maybe that is what I will look for at Shelby.

I like those old boatanchors. Lucily I have a place to put them and
they won't get moved around too much. If I turn on 3 or 4 at once
during the winter I can turn off the heat too.

Tracy
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I don't know if anyone offers one. You might check "Fair Radio Sales",
in Lima OH, they have listed the mil-spec modules from time to time.
I only heard one once, and it sounded "gritty" to me, but it was at a
ham field day, and it was used with the mil-spec phenolic speaker,
so the speaker may have been the problem.
I have been tempted a time or two to mod mine, but my friend
listens to "hate filled" radio (RHC) and I really don't have the time
to add yet another project to my overfilled list....
This is the only link Ihave that still works.
I may have some on a backup image, it will be this
weekend at the earliest before I can restor them and
see what is there.
http://www.roveroresearch.com/r392/hints.html
(the mosfet idea looks real interesting)

Terry