[Milsurplus] 1980's Navy R-390A's

[Don Merz]

Well, if you go back and look in the old CQ and 73 Magazines, maybe QST too, you 
will occasionally see ads in the back for military electonics wanted with a long 
list of surplus gear, some of it quite old. Speculation was that these ads were 
for third-world countries revamping their military electonics. But maybe some of 
that was for the good ole USN.

73, Don merz, N3RHT

 


----- Original Message ----
From: J. Forster <jfor at quik.com>
To: Nick England <navy.radio at gmail.com>
Cc: Military Surplus Mail List <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thu, March 10, 2011 4:27:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] 1980's Navy R-390A's

Certainly not eBay. It didn't exist until the mid '90s.

-John

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> I have a 1986 document on the radio equipment aboard the Navy's FFG-7
> class frigates.
> Shown on an equipment layout amongst the R-1051's and other modern
> stuff is an R-390A
> Last night I found some photos of the communications center on a
> couple of these ships and sure enough, there's a familiar face.
> These particular two ships were commissioned in 1984 and 1986 - the 51
> ships in the class were built between 1977 and 1989 by Bath and Todd
> shipyards.
> OK, I know about Avondale and the Fowler R-390A's - but where did
> these 50 or so R-390A's come from??? Did the shipyards buy them on
> ebay or what?
> I checked with a fellow aboard FFG-40 and he says there is now a
> modern receiver in that rack.
> Photos for your amusement and edification at
> http://www.navy-radio.com/ships/ffg7.htm
>
> cheers,
> Nick K4NYW
> www.navy-radio.com
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