[R-390] Hank Arney Restoration Job

[Leigh Sedgwick]

Quig,

Glad to hear such enthusiastic glee!  Enjoy that 390!  Hank has helped many 
of us out on a smaller scale, but just as important, with his supply of 
parts and knowledge.  It is always nice to say thank you, so thank you Hank!

73 de Mike
K7PI
Mercer Island, WA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "DQ" <greybeard5150 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "R-390x reflector" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 7:41 PM
Subject: [R-390] Hank Arney Restoration Job


> Hot diggity dog! Today was a big day for me!
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> For the last 4 or 5 years I've had an old '59 S-W 390a stashed
> far away upstairs in a safety-kept spot that kept it away from
> dogs, kids, and mice. Now this radio wasn't a virgin by any
> means, but at the same time it was a far cry from being a
> blue-striper survivor from the massacre too. Fairly easy on the
> eyes actually and it appeared to be a thorobred, filled with
> 100% Stewart-Warner modules.  While there were no indications of
> any mods or field changes whatsoever, it did have 3 fuses that
> appeared to be from the factory.
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> To make a long story short the time and the money finally rolled
> around, and I dropped an email in Hank Arney's mailbox about
> possibly bringing my vintage prize back to life for me. He said
> that it would be a while, but he'd contact me at the appropriate
> time.....which he later did.  He had a dickens of a time with
> some wafer switches, the PTO, and other things too, but one by
> one he crossed them off the list and did the radio proud.
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> As of this afternoon, my now BEAUTIFUL Hank Arney restored
> Stewart-Warner R-390a is back home where she belongs, and man o'
> man does she look sweet. A beauty of a fresh grey-front panel
> that's been re-silkscreened to perfection, fresh alodining,
> proper covers, and gnats-ass detailing everywhere you look ...
> and that's just on the outside. I can't wait to pop the covers
> and check out the reworked gear train, and all the rest of the
> freshly reworked/rebuilt/recapped and re-markable work that Hank
> has done for me. Then she's getting slipped right inside the
> CY-979A/URR case that rolled through here 3 or 4 weeks back. Oh
> YEAH!!
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> Dammit anyway! I'm in a wheelchair, and I'm so screwed-up that I
> can't get the radio anywhere even close to properly hooked up
> tonite. I'll have to get my son to help ol' Pop, and we'll see
> what we can do for a couple of proper antennas. But I sure CAN
> throw a length of wire on the floor and see what I can hear out
> there tonite.
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> Thanks a million Hank! You did a beautiful job. I could have
> done this in a private email to you, but I wanted to show you
> the respect and admiration that's due you for the work that you
> do.
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> I thought that anyone here on the list that isn't one of the
> 'regulars' might not be familiar with you, and your work. If
> that's the case, they do now!
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> Thanks again .... Quig
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> PS: It really WAS a thorobred Stewart-Warner!
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