[Boatanchors] R-388 / 51J-3 help

[John Flood]

Greetings,

I'm working on an R-388 for a friend One of the issues it had was that the cable for the band drum had come off and was tangeled up in the drum loading spring(is that the correct term?)  After sorting out that mess and restringing the wire around the pully the drum moves fine again but the position in the display is not correct.  I expect that what I need to do is to loosen the two set screws on the left where the on the drum connects to the shaft, rotate it to have the correct band in the window and retighten?  Also are these set screws bristol type or hex (need stronger reading glasses I guess!) If I'm way off here please let me know.  

 Also, he wanted it checked out before he sells it.  Anyone in the Northeast looking for one.  Good physical cond, band drum good, no case, tag, or top/bottom covers. Other problem was a broken fuse holder that I'll replace and the BFO seemed dead on quick initial checkout.  Was getting stations in well last night.  Thought I'd mention it here first to the special insiders club!.  He'd be open to offers especially if shipping wasn't going to be involved.  Shipping would possiblIe I could remove the tubes, put it on 3" of closed cell rigid foam and then use the expanded foam machine here at work to surround the rest in a triwall box.  That would add about $20 or so in materials to freight and insurance.

He also dropped off a good looking 50's contract Motorola R390A that will be needing a home as well.  I havent looked at it yet but It does have both meters and covers along with a good looking front panel.  Again a preview for the special insiders club.  I'm not doing any major restorations on these, just a going over, checkout, repair of basic problems and letting the owner and prospective buyer know what I find.


John Flood KB1FQG
978-979-2807