[Boatanchors] 2013 myth

[rbethman]

On 7/8/2013 8:12 AM, Bill Cromwell wrote:
> On 07/08/2013 07:15 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote:
>> --snip----
>>
>> Don't worry about some perfectionist with his nose in the air--go
>> ahead and clip out old caps and use the left over leads in the rig to
>> attach the new ones to, by taking the new cap leads and wrapping them
>> around jeweler screwdriver shafts to make quiggs then push the quigs
>> on to the left over lead fragments still in the rig and solder.
>> 73
>>
>> Rob
>> K5UJ
>>
>
> Hi Rob..
> ...Hal,
>
> I usually reuse the old leads anyway. It's just plain easier. It 
> avoids damage to tube sockets and terminal lugs trying to get the old 
> leads out. Often there are several other wires in the same terminal 
> lug and some of them are heavy. With multiple leads there is a lot 
> more solder and resoldering requires a lot more heat applied to those 
> aged parts. Especially if it's a ground tag.
>
> Owners who want "museum quality" will not do this, of course, but that 
> is a personal choice. My own choice is obviously different and I think 
> the original intent was to apply electricity and an antenna and get 
> those radios on the air...a viewpoint that also supports the "museum 
> quality" idea but from a different direction.
>
> 73,
>
> Bill  KU8H
Looks like I'm NOT alone!  That's the way I've been going through an old 
R-390A.  The standoffs with the terminal on the top are brittle as 
heck.  Since they wrapped every wire around tabs on strips, tube 
sockets, and the standoffs, I'm NOT breaking more things by attempting 
to remove all the solder to get the two or three turns of a lead 
completely off!

It makes no sense to then have to replace hardware just because I 
replace a single component!

Clipping leads and leaving enough to solder to is common sense. Most of 
the time I don't even make a quigg.  I just bend the left over leads 
into a "U" shape, do the same with the new component's lead, so that 
they are hooked together, and apply solder.

If you've got a good shiny solder connection, as opposed to one that is 
a dull and obviously a cold one, then all is just fine.

The military had a requirement for the insulated standoffs vs. a 
terminal strip.  I will make an assumption that they were purportedly 
"more tolerant" of movement and rough handling.  I know - assume - 
dangerous concept!  However, the only other "terminal strips" in the 
R-390A that I see, such as the power supply module, is a screw terminal 
barrier strip.  The barrier keeping one from creating an inadvertent 
connection between two adjacent screw terminals.  You had to work at it 
by making a jumper.

Bob - N0DGN