[R-390] Out of the closet!

[Cecil Acuff]

That you are the owner of two R-390A's...:-)

Standard run of the kennel variety I'm sure....

Have lots of fun with them in your retirement!

Now if one was a Rubinstein you'd be set!

Cecil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Galpin" <galpinp at absamail.co.za>
To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2010 1:56 PM
Subject: [R-390] Out of the closet!


> Hi there!
>
> Some many years ago, I was given a 390A to repair - symptoms: dead.  With
> help from this list, I got it going again, and, on the day of moving to my
> present retirement address, I was offered it at a good price. 
> Unfortunately,
> finances were very doubtful at that stage so I had to pass on it.
> Since the I have been lurking on the list, drooling with envy!
>
> Lady Luck has been around, and today I took possession of 2x 390As, one
> working, the other not, that's what the seller says.
>
> OK, I know about the obvious things, like C553(?) to protect the filters,
> but what can I learn from the ID plates?
>
> "Working" has
>
> Ser No 2114
> Imperial Electronic Corp
> 37856-PC-63
>
> PTO ser No 1551
> Dubrow Electronic Industries
> Type 798 BM101
> this label appears to be stuck over a different previous one.
>
>
> "Non-Working" has
>
> Ser No 3123
> Teledyne Corporation
> 35064-PC-62
>
> PTO Ser No 7867
> Type 798
> P???R??STRO???Corp
>
> What does this tell us?
>
> The 390A I worked on long ago had the gears smothered in grease, put on by
> the handful.  These two sets that I have just got have very clean gears,
> with a trace of oil only. Which is correct? Which is typically original?
>
>
> Paul Galpin
> ZS2PG
>
>
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