[R-390] Re: unusual Capehart for me

[Roy Morgan]

At 05:29 PM 4/28/2005, W. Li wrote:
>Am looking at my third R-390A
>I think that either this unit failed its functional
>checkout and just sat around somewhere; or that it was
>used infrequently (wishful thinking).....

W. Li,

Not unheard of, though.

>Obviously, my work is cut out for me, before it gets powered up....

If I had it, I'd reform the power supply capacitors, check the audio 
cathode bypass cap for leakage/derioration, and fire it up.

(NO NOT bring it up slowly on a variac!)

...Never thought that such a clean unit would turn up at a 2004 hamfest, 
but then
>again, you can never tell.

I was lucky to connect with an essentially unused EAC '67 at a big hamfest 
a few years ago.  I was pondering the price carefully till he said:
"Oh, yes. I forgot to bring the double rack mount speaker that goes with it."

That made up my mind.

The radio has some failure in the RF deck, but I'll solve that.

Roy


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