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

[Llgpt at aol.com]

Only on Variacs, I'm getting ready to "taste" a line level  
meter.................
 
Joe Foley
 
 
In a message dated 1/18/2005 8:00:40 PM Central Standard Time,  
ba.williams at charter.net writes:

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