[Milsurplus] R-390

[radioman390 at cs.com]

Electronic Assistance Corp. out of Red Bank, NJ had bunches of these 
left over from a production run and advertised them in the World Radio 
Handbook. I know the former chairman of the company, and as of about 5 
years ago he still had 2 in his basement.
Another guy I knew bought a container-load of these and fixed them up 
or parted them out. Fair Radio Co. also bought dozens when they were 
surplused. There was even a brouhaha when DOD was crushing them rather 
than disposing them through public sales.
Keep in mind over 50,000 were built. Maybe a couple of thousand 
hobbyists out there to absorbed them?
I had 4 working units (2 390 and 2 390A), plus had  2  R-389s over the 
years.
I'm now undergoing back treatments, epidurals of steroids and some sort 
of stretching of the spine. A cause and effect relationship?
(Of course that doesn't include RA-17s, SP-600s, and the RA-117 to 
mention a few other backbreakers that passed through here)(Ooops forgot 
the Rohde & Schwarz EK-07 I so highly prized).
Ouch!



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From: John Hutchins <jphutch60bj at gmail.com>
To: milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, Jul 28, 2011 7:32 am
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] R-390

Rich , all

Yes 4 so fare this is #5 from the same dude,  must be X-NSA CIA?  I can
see landing 1 of these but 5 he had dome connections! Had his own
listening post.  Must have been quite a set up.
Hutch

On 7/27/2011 2:11 PM, Rich Yost wrote:
> There has been at least 3 or 4 of these over the last year, same 
type, same
> seller.
> and surprising consistently all  have sold over $1200+ if i remember .
>
> Rich
> n2ry
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Ray Fantini<RAFANTINI at salisbury.edu>
> To: "milsurplus at mailman.qth.net"<milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wed, July 27, 2011 2:35:46 PM
> Subject: [Milsurplus] R-390
>
> Saw the note about what to look for in an R-390 the other day and 
just ran
> across this on that place:
> 
http://cgi.ebay.com/polished-aluminum-R-390A-R390A-r-390-HF-receiver-/280713229562?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415bcff4fa
>
>
> Is this for real? Have a hard time believing all this about how the 
390 is the
> greatest receiver ever built and how the NSA is still using them 
today! And I
> cannot think of any application where the government bought polished 
aluminum
> front receivers. The 390 a good receiver but this is almost to the 
point where I
> am surprised they are not offering it with oxygen free copper wire 
power plug
> for the significant improvement that only the most sophisticated 
operators will
> understand.
> KA3EKH
>
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