[Milsurplus] Help with identifying an R390-A

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No 'Collins  Collecting'  went  on !  Ed#
 
 
In a message dated 3/19/2016 5:34:13 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
ka1kaq at gmail.com writes:

On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 8:00 PM, Michael Holdren <_mhdesign at gmail.com_ 
(mailto:mhdesign at gmail.com) > wrote:

 

However I don’t know who manufactured the radio. There are several  Collins 
components with one or two Motorola components, and there are some  
stamps/silkscreens that I can’t identify. I think one logo used in a few  places 
might be an old CIA logo. I figured someone here might know. There’s  also 
very little info on the front tag.




That's the nature of the beast for 99% of these sets. They came from the  
factory with a front tag and internal modules that matched the manufacturer's 
 name. The first time the set went through maintenance which involved 
swapping  out a defective module, its pedigree was lost to the ages. Defective 
modules  would be removed to be repaired later, and either a new or repaired 
module  swapped into its place - whatever was on the shelf, next in line. 
This is how  it was explained to me by a former tech and I think, the general 
understanding  of many. For a while there was some prestige attached by a 
handful of  collector types to having a radio with matching modules. In 
reality, a good  functioning R-390A is just that - regardless of the names and 
numbers on the  module.




Possibly CIA logo:




I think you'll find that to be a typical inspection stamp, which is why  
you find it throughout the radio. 


de Todd/'Boomer',  KA1KAQ/4  






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