[Boatanchors] re:question

[Grant Youngman]

> Think of it as a lid filter, Bob. If you're looking for accurate info
> and someone makes reference to the 'R-390 non-A', head for the door.

In my experience, if you say "R-390" in a group of 10 NON-lids: 

6 -- will think you're talking about the R-390A by default.  They may get it
right later, but only after you draw at least half of them a picture.
  
2 -- will be pretty sure they know what you're talking about, but they WILL
ask just to be sure.  Only one of those will have ever seen an R-390 in
person.  The other will make a statement about how the mechanical filters
make the R-390A "better"

1 -- assumes correctly you mean "R-390", but still listens intently to make
sure the verbal clues you give about the radio really mean "R-390" and not
"R-390A", since he knows from experience that nearly everyone really means
"R-390A" even though the "A" is silent.

1 -- will ask "is it better than my Icom?", or "does it cover 2 meters?"

:-)

Grant/NQ5T