[R-390] Off Topic HRO Rebuild

[Barry]

>I was at the Belton Hamfest about a year ago and bought a couple of 
> really rough HRO receivers.  I donated one of the to the Battle ship 
> Texas and kept the other.  The one I kept was really bad, it made no 
> sense to try and get it running it was just too ugly. 
> 
> Over the holidays I decided to take the time as a "labor of love" and 
> gut the radio and rebuild it.  I was surprised it took over 4 hours to 
> disassemble the radio and clean the solder off of the sockets and 
> terminal strips.  I took approximately 50 digital pictures to aid in the 
> rewiring of the radio. The main capacitor also had to be completely 
> disassembled as well.  The chassis was stripped, sandblasted and 
> repainted.  The IF and BFO cans were disassembled and cleaned.  All 
> existing mica caps were replaced.  I used modern resistors and caps 
> saving lots of space.  I used a medium sized ultrasonic cleaner for most 
> of the cleaning using a solution of sudsy ammonia, it did wonders for 
> the aluminum parts and made the ceramic come out pure white.  It took 
> about 12 hours to rewire the radio Other than a broken internal wire on 
> an IF can, it essentially worked the first time.  I have an output 
> transformer ordered from Fair radio but else than that "IT IS ALIVE!!!"
> 
> Here is a link to some pictures, they should be speak for themselves     
>      HTTP://www.kitparts.com/HRO       73, tom, N3LLL
> 
> Yes I know I should using my time for more important things.  Just one 
> more radio off the trash heap ...  



Speaking as someone who only wishes he could do work like that, WOW!

Barry - N4BUQ