[R-390] new 390a, looking for parts

[Cecil Acuff]

There was a fellow that used to be on this list that made replacements for 
the tool set.  I bought one from him.  He had built a stainless steel rod 
bent in a 90 at one end and the proper spline in the other.  Also included a 
long skinny #1 phillips.  It was cool.  I did a restoration on a radio and 
it came out so nice that I put the tools on the rear to finish it off and 
sold the radio.  Wish I had kept them but the did look nice in place on the 
rear of that near perfect 390.

I'm not sure if I have the info on the guy or not...I think he no longer 
frequents the list.

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] new 390a, looking for parts


Blair, VE3CZY

I hope someone replied direct to you about the parts you seek and offered 
you
some parts.

There are tool holders on the back panel of the R390/A receivers.
As a Fellow who looked at thousands of them from 1968 to 1975 at several
locations in the world, I can say I never seen the tools mounted on the tool 
clip
on the rear of a receiver.

Item 1 was a long slender Philips screw driver. You want one about 8" or
longer if you can find it. You would like a slender shaft like with a #1 
point
instead of a #2 point. You want the slender shaft as a fat shaft will not 
fit in
behind the RF deck to the RF deck green screws.

Item 2 is that spline bit. All R390/A splines were the same size.
Replacements had various sizes and some plain hex bolts were also used as 
replacements.
Find a set of hex Allen wrenches in a tool catalog on line and cheap. Buy 
two
sets. You will want to save one in the correct size. From the second set, 
find
the correct size and grind the angle part off to leave you with a straight
bit.  Go swap meet shopping and find a long driver that accepts Allen bits. 
These
bits are held in with a small set screw. Buy one that had a bit large enough
to accept the spline bit. Insert the bit into the new handle and you have an
R390 spline wrench.


Send Murphy Surplus in San Diego an E mail and ask them for two each of the
Mini BNC to Male BNC with a short 2" -3" cable. Theses were located in a bin
across from the front counter with all the other odd cables assemblies. They
were $2.00 dollars each back in 2004. There were about a 100 parts on hand 
back
then. That was after I brought a bunch and mailed them out to every one that
wanted some back then. I have since retired from San Diego to South 
Carolina.

These are not exact replacements, but they couple to the IF deck and let you
cable a signal generator to the BNC. You can use the cable assembly to patch
out the back panel if you are going to use the 455KC output.


Murphy’s Junk.

Murphy's Surplus Warehouse: Located at 401 N. Johnson Ave: El Cajon, Ca.

MURPHYS SURPLUS WAREHOUSE:
LOCATED AT 401 N. JOHNSON AVE:
EL CAJON, CA. 92020
( NEAR SAN DIEGO) 619 444 7717
FAX 444 6750 EMAIL murphy at cts.com

8,000 SQ. FT. OF MILITARY AND INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS, COMMUNICATIONS, AND 
MIS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT.

http://www.murphyjunk.bizland.com/


Roger AI4NI








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