[R-390] S&W R-390A, Update...

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

Steve,

You wrote,

 Pulled the PS section to give it a look over and guess what? I found CR801 
& CR802 underneath V801 & V802! So I pulled V801 & V802 out and set them 
aside. Diodes checked good. Seems like someone saw empty tube sockets and 
stabbed two tubes in. It looks like the socket bases were bent and then un-bent.

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Common practice was to bend the tube shield bases over to keep tubes from 
being plugged into the sockets after the diodes were installed. Some owners 
just never did get the word that it is common to solid state rectifier tubes. 


Thanks for the up dates. Is nice to read of the progress being made to 
bring another receiver back into operation and restoration.

Roger AI4NI