[R-390] New (to me) R-390A

[blw]

I guess you could file those to a real sharp, flesh cutting point if you
selling the radio to somebody you didn't like. (g)


Barry


> Barry,
> 
> Here is another way to align the tube 'blind' that works with the type of
> tube sockets in the R-390A.  There is a tit on the rim of the shield
> attached to the socket.  You can feel it with your finger.  Use the same
> finger to find space of the 'missing' pin on the bottom of the tube.  Align
> these two points and the tube will plug into the socket.
> 
> This was taught to me by a Master Sargent on my first day in the field with
> the USAF in the 60's.  Funny, in one year of tech school nobody mentioned
> it.
> Craig