[R-390] Odds are?

[Tom Norris]

Hey Norm

Blue stripers are fun, huh. :-)

I purchased several a few years ago for resale, but with patience,  
all worked fine. Shame they're such slim pickin's these days at Fair.

Unless the hum is loud to distraction, and as long as all the  
voltages are correct, it's only sorta bad. I have a "like new" '63  
Teledyne/Imperial with a mildly hummy supply, and a '67 EAC with  
moderate hum. They don't seem to run any warmer than the ones that  
don't mechanically hum, so I figured they were just content. The  
Imperial has been happily purring for a bunch of years.  I figured it  
was odd for a sealed transformer to hum, but since it worked I didn't  
try to fix it.

Good thing about that radio is I can tell folks I have a "like new"  
'63 Imperial and not be telling a fib!  That is, as long as they  
don't look in my driveway.

:-)

Tom NU4G

On Oct 17, 2005, at 12:29 AM, Norman J McSweyn wrote:

> Hi all!
> Had an intresting experience. I am the proud owner of three blue  
> stripers. These things are REAL GRUNGY!!!