[R-390] First they chased off Nolan...

[bw]

You listen to Roys' advice?


>  
> Yes, I have changes more than caps on several R-390's and R-390A's. I have
> even added some solid state devices and, used various devices in place of the
> 3TF7. I have been accused of being a witch etc. I have had 39 R-390A's pass
> through my hands and 2 R-390's. I have seen bad caps, split caps, brown ones,
> black ones and yellow ones. Bad resistors, broken gear clamps, leaking filter
> electrolytic capacitors (mainly General Instruments), some were "depot
> dawgs",  some blue stripers and some looked as new. "Ya pays yer money and ya
> takes 
> yer  chances" as someone once said. I've used grease. then synthetic oils,
> "Slick  50", Mobil gear lube and various other concotions, none of my finger
> have 
> fallen  off yet and I still have all my hair and teeth. One thing I haven't
> done  yet is lick the radium dials faces of the meters, mainly because Roy
> Morgan  cautions against it. My god, I've even used diodes in place of 26Z5W's
> and 
> the  B+ didn't smoke anything else........I guess I'm lucky huh?
>  
> My advice, don't take any of this crap too seriously and nobody here is the
> expert on everything related on the 390 series.
>  
> I used to love jumping into the fray and antagonizing others with my wit  and
> wisdom, but now I just chuckle and mutter "imagine
> that"............................ Mainly, because nothing "new" has been
> discovered about these
> receivers in years, most of us have the "T  Shirt" and have been there and
> done that.
>  
> People come and go from this and other lists all the time, I have
> unsuscribed from this and other lists too many times to count, and have more
> hours in 
> the penalty box than some hockey players.
>  
> Be tolerant of others, but remember too, that everyone has an opinion and  we
> all know that old saw about opinions and rear ends.
>  
> Just my first 2 cents worth in 2005.
>  
> Les Locklear