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

[Roy Morgan]

At 10:10 AM 5/25/02 -0500, Barry wrote:
>My radio has been in a rack for a long time.
>  ... The problem I had was orienting
>the tube correctly when putting tubes back in since I couldn't see well.


The tube shield bases have a nib that sticks up at the top edge, located 
between the first and last tube pin.  You can feel it with your finger even 
if you can't see the tube socket.  (I have seen a tube shield base 
installed wrong, though.)

Roy

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