[R-390] What are the odds?

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/1/2006 2:46:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
r390a at bellsouth.net writes:
If these radios were to come out of storage --

What are the odds that 3 out of 4 would have a problem of some sort?
What are the odds that 3 out of 4 would have a problem in the *same*  
deck?
What are the odds of that problem being of the sort that would  
require the
radio to be pretty much completely disassembled?

A lot depends on how the radios were stored. If they were wrapped up in 
blankets and stored in an indoor closet odds are good they will work right off the 
bat. If they were stored outside in a barn or semi-outside with no cover in a 
garage odds are they will have problems with intermittent switches and 
bandswitch contacts, noisy pots, dried-out grease and dirt in the RF Deck gears that 
will require disassembly and cleaning and there could be corrosion in the 
various chassis that could affect grounding points throughout the receiver. Proper 
storage is extremely important to the proper working of these receivers. The 
Blue-Stripers are a good example of bad storage practices!  73 and Happy New 
Year to all! Todd WD4NGG