[R-1051] New R1051 Owner

[Dave or Debbie Metz]

Ron,
I think you might have got me mixed up with the other dave below. I am a 
follower of the 1051 reflector but have sent no posts lately.

Dave Metz
KJ4JX

On 4/23/2013 7:13 PM, bonddaleena at aol.com wrote:
> Hi Dave. Never much activity here. Is yours a 'plain' R-1051, or does it have a suffex??
> I have a B here, and even found a 'shock mount' for it. I've only had mine apart a couple of times. I think I checked the two 6BZ6 RF Amps.
> Just my opinion, next. I LOVE Caig products. Have used them for years. Whenever I restore a tube type radio or signal generator, when I replace the tube back into the device, I put a little deoxit on the pins and make sure I wiggle the tube as I insert it. Works great. I have 100+ tube type radios, etc here.
> I see no reason why the connectors couldn't use the same treatment IF you apply sparingly, like with a toothpick.
> I hope your chains are OK, as that seems to be a common issue....
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> regards,
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> ron
> N4UE
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> PS You can probably find some 'reviews' of this fine radio on "eHam"..... I believe I posted one there a long time ago...... Great radios!
> Also a great bit about the radio in "Shortwave Receivers, Past and Present" by Osterman. 5 stars.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Faria <Dave_Faria at hotmail.com>
> To: r-1051 <r-1051 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 23, 2013 7:00 pm
> Subject: [R-1051] New R1051 Owner
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> GM List.  I'm a new R1051 owner.  I bought my radio at the Belton Hamfest
> this last weekend.  This is the 1st one of these receivers I've ever owned.
> I need some advice.  I want to clean the chassis module plug-in connections.
> Is Deoxit OK to use for this???
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> Thanks
> Dave Faria
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