[Boatanchors] R-390A

[Jim Brannigan]

*WOW* the my receiver can hear my signal generator better than yours 
gambit.....then you called me an *APPLIANCE* operator...a double dookie...
I'm stumped and do not know *HOW* to respond.





> If I had one for 25 years, could *only* get AM on it, and used it only for 
> chewing the fat, *I'D* consider getting another radio.
>
> Then again, *I* do change bands.  I've aligned mine after removing the old 
> paper caps - called the BBODs.  The '67 EAC that WAS here consistently, 
> and got 0.5uV sensitivity across the board.  I swapped it for an SP-600 - 
> *ONLY* after getting a '51 Collins R-390A to make sure I still had one.
> (Pssst - I found out about the 0.5uV sensitivity because I was using a 
> General Radio GR-1001A signal Generator.  When properly terminated, and 
> set at 1.0uV - it is *really* 0.5uV at the antenna.)
>
> But I also *communicate*, not simply contest.  CW, SSB or AM makes no 
> difference.  The filters allow change in bandwidth.  Is it a Band Cruiser? 
> NO.  It *never* was meant to be.  Guess I'm just NOT an appliance 
> operator.
>
> First rig was an SB-102, SP-600, & PS-23.
>
> As soon as my local club in Georgia held an auction - so it could put a 
> TS-520 in the city Emerg. Opns. Ctr. - I bid on and won the HT-32 SX-101A. 
> So split opns and the hassles of two pieces to operate and syncing them 
> became second nature.  I've worked pileups from Korea, and all over the 
> world that way.
>
> Different strokes!
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>> I have had a '67 EAC for 25 years and stand by my original statement. 
>> The R-390A is an AM radio and good for sitting on 75M chewing the fat.
>> If you have any desire to Contest, DX or slug it out on 20M, find another 
>> radio...
>>
>> However, it is good to know that when the next sand storm hits the East 
>> Coast, I will still be on the air.