[R-390] A modest proposal (was Y2K Addendum)

[Tim Shoppa]

Dan Arney <hankarn at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Hi Tim,  Now you come up to the surface after a bunch of us put a lot of 
> effort into the Y2K.

Again, I don't really want to change the scope of the Y2K manual.
Correct and add things that "should've been there to begin with"
(especially a geartrain rebuild with pictures), yes.
Color photos are nice too (although the halftone B/W pics in the
original paper ones I think are "good enough".)

Something that has always been my job over the years is preparing
tables, charts, and graphics of very high information density. I think
some of the tables in the Y2K manual are a little "heavy" on thick
black lines around every box, and I think the smaller type, smaller
format, and the dual-column text in TM 11-5820-358-35 are nicer
for everyday use. But other than those typographical things and a
few typo's and thinko's in the Y2K I think it was exactly on target.

> So I think if you added your expertise it help a lot.

Oh, I have very little R-390A expertise! All that I know, I learned
from this list or the books, with just a little bit from the school
of hard knocks. I've been around ham radio and tube
radios for only a couple of decades, and mil-spec surplus for only a
few years, which puts me at a severe disadvantage
compared to those who actually know what's going on!

But a "R-390(A) search engine" is I think within the scope of
my ability, let me see if I can get a demo going before New Year's... 

Tim.