[Amps] 3-500Z pin becomes unsoldered

[Mike A]

On Sun, May 18, 2014 at 11:58:29AM -0400, Gary Smith wrote:
> 
> Gentlemen,
> 
> A follow-up, My father W1BML, age 97 became a SK yesterday. He was 
> unable to be on the radio for the last several weeks and I had hoped 
> to have his amp fixed and him to take a turn for the better but this 
> was not the case. He was first licensed in 1936 and became a member 
> of the ARRL in 1937, remaining an annually paid member continuously 
> since then. He loved Ham Radio and was an inventor becoming General 
> Dynamics top rated Electrical Engineer at his retirement in 1986. 
> Quite a feat for someone with only a High School education.
> 
> I will continue to resolve the issue with the socket/pins and may 
> well use a new socket, it depends if I can find a NOS socket here.
> 
> 73 and thanks to all for the help.

Condolences and <hugs>. Sounds like he was Quite A Guy. But we knew that
already, from correspondence with his son, who follows the model.

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin