[R-390] Two questions as I put an R-390a back together
mikea
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Thu Jan 5 10:57:18 EST 2006
On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 09:44:03AM -0600, Barry wrote:
> The lights go to the top of the escutcheon.
>
> As for the knobs, it should be fairly obvious which knobs go where based on
> the lettering. I know the Local Gain, RF Gain, Main Power, BFO Pitch, and
> Bandwidth use larger knobs. I don't recall offhand what sizes are on the
> rest of the controls. I don't have my radio in front of me. You might be
> able to tell from http://members.aol.com/n4buq/r390a
>
>
> The two knobs without marker lines are for the Dial Lock and Zero Adjust.
>
> Hope this helps.
There's an image of an R-390A with all the knobs in the right places
at <http://mikea.ath.cx/R-390A/bigfront.jpg>. It may help. Oddly
enough, all the knobs on that R-390A seem to have marker lines. It's
ex-MARS for sure, but I don't know its prior history.
--
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin
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