[MilCom] [R-390] First radio thread

Tue Aug 16 20:31:04 EDT 2011

Somewhere around 1967-68, a Radio Shack DX-160 with longwire out the window. 
Not really excited about radio until I tripped over
something deep in the night (instead of sleeping so as to be able to go to 
school the next day).
What I had found was two air force planes returning to Guam talking about 
their bomb runs over Vietnam.
I carved a notch with my knife into the face dial to mark it . Been hooked 
ever since.

David  / WB5UOM
East Texas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] First radio thread

> !957 in Madrid,Spain a Hammarlund AACS (SP-200) variant. It tuned 300 kc 
> to 10 mc. Connected to a 125 ft. end fed longwire. I could listen to am 
> bcb stations on the east coast of America. The Air Force had thrown it in 
> the base dump, my dad was a teletype crypto tech and knew about it. The 
> problem? It had three bad tubes. I used it until we returned to the United 
> States in May, 1960, gave it to a friend who wasn't returning until a year 
> later.
>
> Les Locklear
> Gulfport, Ms.
> DX'ing Since '57
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----- 
> From: r.tetrault at comcast.net
> To: Cecil Acuff ; KR4HV ; 'Steve Toth' ; r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:13 PM
> Subject: [R-390] First radio thread
>
>
> Junior high school radio club: HQ170 and Ranger 1
> Local ham w S Line and R390A or non A, can't remember. He was a MARSian 
> and
> got it on loan.
> Another local was W6HX, DXer from waaay back, radio builder 
> extraordinaire,
> most of the Radio Handbook stuff was his. Gear too numerous to mention.
> My novice rig was a Viking 1 and an HRO-7.
>
> We're talking about 1964. I could, and still can, copy 20wpm in my head.
> Like riding a bike.
>
> Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
>
> -----Original message-----
> From: Cecil Acuff <chacuff at cableone.net>
> To: KR4HV <kr4hv at numail.org>, 'Steve Toth' <stoth47 at yahoo.com>,
> r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tue, Aug 16, 2011 18:34:27 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Suggestions for SSB adapter for R-392?
>
> That's also an interesting descussion...what was the first radio that you
> owned that got you started in SW listening.
>
> Mine was an Allied Radio Shack P-Box Shortwave receiver kit.  Came in a
> plastic box that served as the perf board type of chassis.  Regen type 
> radio
>
> but it worked fairly well for a kit.  Listened to HCJB, Voice of Russia 
> and
> many of the other power house stations of the time.
>
> Cecil
> K5DL
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "KR4HV" <kr4hv at numail.org>
> To: "'Steve Toth'" <stoth47 at yahoo.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Suggestions for SSB adapter for R-392?
>
>
> Just for the record, my first SW radio was a Knight-kit Space Spanner and
> then a BRAND NEW Hallicrafters S-107 in 1962 (wow) and a plethora of other
> ones through the years.  I can tune SSB with the BFO vs gain control also
> but it is still a compromise method, otherwise they wouldn't have produced
> the CV-591 and all its variants.
>
> I was looking for a modern day CV-591 or something that does the same
> function and does a pretty good job, doesn't have to be "the same as a 
> 591".
> Didn't mean to stir the pot, just figured some of you folks might have
> already "done it' or might have some hands on experience with units like 
> the
> Sherwood Engineering SE-3 MK IV (or others).
>
> Tisha, Thanks for your suggestion. I'll check into it and I welcome any
> other equipment suggestions.
>
> Walt
> KR4HV
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Steve Toth
> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:44 PM
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Suggestions for SSB adapter for R-392?
>
>
>
>
>
> Since my first "real" receiver as a novice (back in 1962 - uh,oh, I'm 
> dating
> myself here) was an HQ129x, I learned to tune in USB/LSB with the manual 
> RF
> gain control and the BFO. The R390A works the same - no problem. However
> an outboard adapter does make it easier ( I use an Icom R70 connected to 
> the
> IF out jack that's tuned to the IF freq. ).
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Steve
> "A democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what to have for lunch. A
> republic is the same scenario with a well armed sheep." - based on a quote
> by Benjamin Franklin
>
> --- On Sun, 8/14/11, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Suggestions for SSB adapter for R-392?
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sunday, August 14, 2011, 9:19 AM
>
>
> Group,
>
> Is it "just" me, or are there others that really DON'T have a problem
> with USB/LSB/ISB with EITHER the R-390A or SP-600?
>
> I regularly listen to Military ISB with either of them. USB/LSB isn't
> an effort either.
>
> All my antennas are oriented East - West in layout.
>
> I can hear just about anything I want.
>
> Bob N0DGN
>
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