[Milsurplus] [Boatanchors] Espey R-366 help needed

[wf2u at ws19ops.com]

John,

Congratulations for the "catch"!

This means I have some work to do - I need to scan my R-366 manual...

The R-366 was a 1949 Marine Corps (still Bureau of Ships then)contract  
for a multi-purpose communication receiver, which served as troop  
morale receiver, public address and communications receiver. The  
original package consists of a shipping crate/receiver stand, a 12"  
Jensen speaker which mounts in the crate as speaker enclosure for the  
effect like a big boombox. It's a pretty decent communications  
receiver, and has great sounding AM with the push-pull pair of 6AQ5's.  
The weird thing is the reversed gear for the dial, you tune in the  
opposite direction from the pointer movement. I have all the  
accessories, speaker and crate and I can shake the windows of the  
shack if I crank up the volume...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC

Quoting John Flood <kb1fqg at yahoo.com>:

> Greetings,
>
> This R-366 followed me home this week and I was looking, without   
> luck, for a manual somewhere online.  Anyone here have one that they  
>  could email me?  Also, I cant seem to find much info about it other  
>  than Universal Radio selling one that they listed as "Very Rare"    
> (Is Martyn writing ad copy for them? :) )  I sort of thought I saw   
> an article somewhere.... ER perhaps....  Oh well if someone knows   
> about these please share your brain with me!
>
> Thanks,
> John Flood
> KB1FQG   
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