[R-390] my [KA9EGW] 390A update

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

Brian,

Take that dirty receiver out to the table on the lawn and give it a bath.

Then just let it dry out over night.

The easy way to clean up the gear train is lots of compressed air with a 
swizzle stick.

There is a fiber bearing on the antenna trim shaft. Do not get it saturated 
with any thing as it will short out the antenna circuit and you loose the 
signals.

Best is to just hang the front end of the receiver off the edge of the 
table and run the solvent down through the gear train. Then turn the receiver up 
side down and repeat the process. Some solvent then lots of air.

Then you can wash up the rest of the receiver and get it cleaned up.

You can pull the decks and give each a bath separately.

If she understands, or travels off without you, you can put the decks into 
the dish washer. This works great.

You will need to realign every thing after you give it a bath, so you may 
as well just give it a bath. The season is not to far advanced and you can 
still put a nice warm afternoon into it out on the lawn.

Once you get the receiver gear train cleaned out and relubed, You will 
enjoy it much more. There is nothing like feeling your receiver gear train 
grinding away in crud. It just makes you want to leave the radio set rather than 
enjoy it. Even a clean well lubed receiver weak signals is more fun than a 
dirty receiver.

Roger AI4NI