... transactions." We ... <yawn> Not too bad, but......try this "interactive" deLay.com spoof site at: http://www.hauntedbookstore.com/delayhome.htm Make sure...
Nolan Lee
nlee@...
Apr 1, 1999 1:11 pm
6820
... I'm not sure that's a real danger. There will be HV electrolytics as long as there are guitar amplifiers, a mixed blessing in some views. A. B. Bonds ... ...
A. B. Bonds
ab@...
Apr 1, 1999 3:41 pm
6821
... Wasn't this guy on Mission Impossible? Where does he live? dr ... Submissions r-390@......
Dave Rickmers
rickets@...
Apr 1, 1999 4:41 pm
6822
While not too elegant, you can always configure caps in series to increase the voltage rating. The problem that I have with tube gear is paying for the...
Dave Rickmers
rickets@...
Apr 1, 1999 4:44 pm
6823
Hi All, You have to check this radio out! It the funniest thing I have seen yet! http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=85534394 Take care and...
Keith Heitzmann
kk5fe@...
Apr 1, 1999 8:21 pm
6824
To whom (especially you DCR-ites): I'm forced to shut down my e-mail operations ON THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS only. Due to the Melissa virus that affected my...
Eustaquio, Cal J
cal.j.eustaquio@...
Apr 1, 1999 8:43 pm
6825
After I nearly passing out from laughing about this "prototip" SX88 the patina, and wonderful grammer. I wonder if I had been had, re; April fool and all, it...
Kenneth Crips
kk7cm@...
Apr 1, 1999 11:05 pm
6826
This R-390A is sold, to the gent in Wisconsin. There was someone on this reflector that had a shipping container, please let me know who you are so I can...
Don Ward
kc5pza@...
Apr 2, 1999 12:05 am
6827
Whatta radio! But I don't think the meter is original altho' the original bezel is there. One of the knobs isn't original either -- the good looking one....
Barry Hauser
barry@...
Apr 2, 1999 1:24 am
6828
Ordered and received a couple of NTE replacements for this always scratchy pot, they are 2W, otherwise look like near-exact replacements - hope one will fit...
J. Kincade
w5kp@...
Apr 2, 1999 1:37 am
6829
... Joe, and the Gang, Here's a question that's too easy, and am sure I'm the only one who doesn't know...I have "nona" 390...from Fair...in early clean up ...
Gene G. Beckwith
jtone@...
Apr 2, 1999 2:02 am
6830
Hi Steve: I don't know about you but there is something oddly satisfying about tracking down a problem and solving it altogether. Makes you want to sit down...
Eustaquio, Cal J
cal.j.eustaquio@...
Apr 2, 1999 2:23 am
6831
... I see this as one of the following: 1) a 4/1 joke 2) the guy is an idiot 3) the guys is a con artist seeing if he can dig up a rube to rip off. 4) a...
M.L. McCauley
mtech@...
Apr 2, 1999 3:09 am
6832
Touched one of upper terminals of the 4 ... Doesn't that make you wonder what mechanism causes a solder joint to work well for so many years and then suddenly...
Dick Carroll
dixie@...
Apr 2, 1999 4:06 am
6833
WOW! This is one radio that I gotta have. Think I'll bid a grand on it before "Takeo" beats me out of it...... 73 de Phil KO6BB ... looking ... Submissions...
Phil Atchley
ko6bb@...
Apr 2, 1999 4:13 am
6834
Fraser wrote a good question back to the list: <<The mod seems relatively easy, but what exactly does it do to SSB reception?>> The question is about the two...
DCrespy@...
Apr 2, 1999 4:31 am
6835
... I was just saying that in another email message! It is amazing to me that a bad solder joint would work OK for 30 years, then cause trouble. Weird. Steve...
SBJohnston@...
Apr 2, 1999 4:35 am
6836
check out this pix. OK to use on the cd rom & faq. Was learning to use a new program. http://www.ametro.net/~kc5pza/graphics/another-r390a.jpg ...
Don Ward
kc5pza@...
Apr 2, 1999 4:59 am
6837
Gentlemen: In addition to the usual poor workmanship that eventually causes some solder joints to fail, there apparently exists another phenomenon that occurs...
Cal Eustaquio
n6kyr@...
Apr 2, 1999 5:26 am
6838
... I have a few. Here is a question for the group. The Drawing CD that is out - the one that has all of the TM-XXX drawings. Those things are public domain...
eengineer
eengineer@...
Apr 2, 1999 6:08 am
6839
Well so far only a couple of people have stepped up and ordered a Green Gear. The material of choice seems to be steel. I have an aluminum sample coming...
Walter Quitt
wa6fec@...
Apr 2, 1999 6:26 am
6840
Where is Nolan's capacitor list? I am trying to find it. I replaced all of the capacitors in the IF deck tonight except the rectangular 6 dotted variety. I ...
eengineer
eengineer@...
Apr 2, 1999 6:42 am
6841
Collins soldering standards tend to guarantee such connections. Where they required a mechanically solid connection before applying solder. Sometimes the...
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson...
geraldj@...
Apr 2, 1999 7:58 am
6842
Redneck Nolan's R-390A/URR Paper & Electrolytic Capacitor List Revision 3.01 4/2/99 (corrected spelling errors on big multi-syllable words) nlee@... ...
Nolan Lee
nlee@...
Apr 2, 1999 9:22 am
6843
Another significant part of the formula of Tektronix was to use silver solder. I think it has 2% silver. This makes a dramatic increase in the strength of the ...
David Wendt
dwendt@...
Apr 2, 1999 3:47 pm
6844
Solder does go bad with time so to speak. It is an alloy of tin and lead as I am sure most of you know. Metals are crystals and even when alloyed, still are ...
David Wendt
dwendt@...
Apr 2, 1999 3:48 pm
6845
Thanks for the great info, Jerry. It does show the fault of the old standard that says "first make a good mechanical connection". I have noticed over the years...
Dick Carroll
dixie@...
Apr 2, 1999 3:51 pm
6846
... Unlike the 390A, when you remove the rf deck of the 390, the KC and MC change shafts stay with the chassis. The KC change shaft drives three things: The...
A. B. Bonds
ab@...
Apr 2, 1999 3:52 pm
6847
The silver's main reason was that solder without silver will rapidly dissolve the silver on the ceramic and make the terminal useless. The same thing happens...
Dr. Gerald N. Johnson...
geraldj@...
Apr 2, 1999 4:29 pm
6848
Before messing with the transmission on my Capehart I wanted to double-check and make sure that all synchronization markings were visible. The answer is yes...
