[Milsurplus] Old Signal Corps radio

[bcarling at cfl.rr.com]

Dave, you NAILED it. This type of rare receiver does have a certain ALLURE.

I did hear of one for sale in Baton ROUGE. However, if any of us finds one of those 100 or so 
receivers, we will certainly yell "OLAY!"

If someone offers an R-390 for sale now and states that it is in "good cosmetic condition", 
some collectors may begin to wonder if they have at last found one of these special and 
elusive "Rubenstein" radios! They must be  "L'OREALLY RARE."

Be careful that the seller has not attempted to cover up some AGE SPOTS! 

Now if you DO find one, make sure that you operate it on the correct CHANEL. Also if you 
hear a station calling you, make sure that it is not just "AVON CALLING."

Make sure you check the dials first to see that when you turn them there is no binding, and 
they have easy REVLON-lution. If you experience any of these problems, do not fear. There 
are several places listed in the Boatanchors Directory that can help you if you need a "repair 
CLINIQUE."

Be a POLISHED operator, and when you finish a transmission when using this receiver make 
absolutely sure that you send a "MERRY K" to the other station! Otherwise, he is likely to  
close the SIRCUIT.

I hope nobody is BLUSHING!!

73 de AF4K


p.s. To stay on topic - I offer a clean, new, unusued, unopened T20/ARC5 Transmitter for 
sale. Open to offers.





On 3 Mar 2015 at 3:57, joldenburg2 at new.rr.com wrote:

> 
> 
> Also there is a scarce R-390 made by some cosmetic
> company, but I don't remember who.
> Think they only made 100 or something like that .
> 
> 73 DE Dave AB5S
> 
> 
> The legend is Helena Rubinstein Cosmetics bid and won a contract, but upon granting of the contract they found that set up and manufacturing them was not cost effective. They then passed the contract back to Collins to fill a order of 100 units. If I recall to date no R390a's have been documented with a Helena Rubinstein tag.
> 
> Jon Oldenburg AB9AH
> "A bicycle can't stand on it's own because it is two tired..."
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