[R-390] Two questions as I put an R-390a back together

[Roy Morgan]

At 10:33 AM 1/5/2006, mfisch at kent.edu wrote:

>1)  Does the bezel have the lights towards the bottom of the front
>panel or towards the top?

Top, I think.  Maybe soon you'll have a second radio to compare with :-)  I 
suggest you add a length of much more flexible wire to that lead to avoid 
damage to the lamp socket or broken wire strands.

>2)  There are two types of non-megacycle/ kilocycle knobs larger and
>smaller.  Where do the larger ones go?

Be very careful.  If you have a larger knob than normal, you *may* have an 
R-389 tuning knob. These are definitely larger, and have a clutch built 
into them that prevented disastrous damage to the R-389 PTO.  If this is in 
fact what you have, and you have no R-389, I'll be glad to swap knobs with you.

>(The pictures and drawings
>make both look the same size to my eyes.)

The MC an KC knobs I have seen on R-390...'s are all the same size.

Roy


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