[R-390] Re: More stuck slugs

[John Lawson]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com wrote:

> John,
>
> As a radio repairman from 68-75 I did some things to R390/URRs R390A/URRs
> that I will not even repeat. From these "experiments" I can assure you there is
> no paraffin compound that will soften or dissolve in a petroleum base solvent,
> in the R390 slugs.


    I have miscommunicated.  What I was referring to is that, over the 
years, I have encountered IF slugs that appeared to be imbued with some 
form of waxy lubricant - and since these were generally very old devices, 
I assumed (and y'all *know* what you get when you assume) that the 
substance exuding from the ferrite core was wax, paraffin, whatever.

   Haven't seen that many - I do have a few hundred IF and other 'cans' 
around here - I'll paw thru some and see if I'm remembering correctly, or 
if it's just another one of them damn Hippy-Era Flashbacks...   ;}


   Cheers

John KB6SCO