[R-390] Broke 390

[jlap1939@yahoo.com]

Friends,

In testing tubes, found miss.pin in aud...borrowed one
frm man I borrowed tester frm...plug in...add the
ant...add 'phones...turned on...(Gains abt half way)
heard the sizzle...snatched off 'phones, and began
looking...NEVER saw anything..got scared and switched
it off...checked mans' tube, and returned it, along 
with tester...Remember, I see some blackness inside
the connector that carries the power into the back...
(??). There was NO sound with the replacement
tube...(IN other words, I doubt it was the prob...It
just happened to lose a pin at this time..(Found pin
in socket, and pulled it out...)

Have thoughts:

Trade with someone,for 390 and pay the diff..
Trade with someone for 390a, and pay diff.
Trade with someone for something else...(I Hate to do 
  that....)Of course, pay the diff...or get some
money.
  For ex, if I traded for Hall. mod. S 38, I assume
  I would get something back instead of paying...
Take it to someone..(I could do that to anywhere for
  not a whole lot more than my loss for a broke set.
  Wish I had done it my last trip out to CO. Then
  pick up after repairs..In a month, or several, or a 
  year..?.?.(Boy that seems dumb..)) 
Do the hated shipping, to someone for repairs..(would 
  have to get help w/packing again...I KNOW you guys
  pack and ship all the time, but my last several were
  really bad experiences.)
learn at this point in life to do quality Radio
  repair and replacement work. This is a long road..
  I have trouble driving a nail...
Sell it..
Lastly, just shove it in the closet..(The nearest one)
  and leave it there.
 

Will remind you that it was completely rebuilt by
David Medley a year ago, and I have his e-mail doc.
and pictures if you want to know more... Of course,
who could know that something was going to go
wrong..It can happen any time, and it is not my fault,
or Mr. Medleys' fault....As I said before, its the
luck of the draw...


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