[R-390] A surprise when I opened my R-392

[Dave Merrill]

Fun, Travel & Adventure!

Dave
N9ZC
USAREUR 1966-1968

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019, 5:38 PM David Olean <k1whs at metrocast.net> wrote:

> See the photo attached. I had an audio section in my R-392 that needed
> work. (The whole thing needed work!)  I was getting leaky capacitor
> sounds in the audio, so I took the modules out of the R-392 and was very
> surprised to see the "note" written in blue magic marker. Obviously the
> repair was done during the Vietnam war.  It brought back a lot of
> memories from my time in the draftee Army during the late 60's . (I was
> not a draftee)
>
> As for the R-392, it is getting better. Someone had messed up the
> synchronization of the gear train, Veeder Root counter, the PTO etc.  I
> went back to the beginning and  re set the counter, checked all the cams
> and tweaked them back. Then I adjusted the Oldham coupler so that the
> PTO would read correctly.  When I was done, my brain hurt!
>
> Dave K1WHS
>
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