[R-390] New to Group

[Joe Foley]

Lucky you!

Open it up and do some cleaning, that will familiarize you with a lot of the mechanical parts.  Get a manual, or at least the on-line version of one, and keep it handy while you work.

One important first step is to tighten all of the ground connections, even the tube socket bolts.  Clean all of the plug-in connectors, tube pins, and such.  Work the controls back and forth to clean the sliding contacts.  Use De-oxit on all such contacts, but sparingly.  Don't let it soak into the switch wafers.  

Work on that type of stuff and then we'll work on a mechanical tune-up.

Joe

--- On Wed, 3/6/13, Wes Bolin <k5apl at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Wes Bolin <k5apl at yahoo.com>
Subject: [R-390] New to Group
To: "r-390 at mailman.qth.net" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2013, 6:15 PM

I have just purchased a R390A and am now trying to find out info and tips, etc. about its restoration.  Its a Motorola unit and it receives signals
weakly. So I will lurk here and absorb wisdom if that's ok.  I have been out of "radio" for about 5 years, and now feel the call to get back into
it with old receivers.
73 to all,
Wes
ex-WV5I
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