[R-390] BEST

[jlap1939@yahoo.com]

Friends

Interesting list of best mentioned by W.Wilson.

Sorry, if you havn't owned a 390 NON A, you may not
understand what a radio can do...except maybe
Rohde and Sch. mentioned by HANKARN..never had
the chance to try, and prob. never will. I do 
think Mr Arney has the ex. to know...In any event
I vote the non a tops, and the a juust right up there,
except for the too sharp mech fil. for my use. Still,
will have an "a" when I get caught up...My Non is out
of comission right now..I am enjoying a 600....

Drake, almost always, and a good bit of Collins, but
not all. 2B still great.Clns a and s line, well, you
know how good...

Interesting someone mentioned NRD 545......CAN'T 
TOUCH THE 515.......Truly one of the "great" in
my op., (in sandy things)..

ICOM R71 series...maybe, if you put in mech. ssb 
filter(s).I re-filtered my R70, and it was quite
good.. (still, these have that "sand" prob...)

Certianly some of the Hammarlund offerings..I
like the 180 and the 600

And the HRO series.

And last for me, the SB 3-- by Heath...Used both
and still rate them up at top..(watch out, a lot of
"sand", but the sound was great anyway...!??)

The "high dollar" items for certian use, but I will
always believe them over rated...Never owned one,
but have Neph. in CA. with a Harris, and I don't
care for it a lot, 'tho it is a great unit in
many ways..(can't remember which mod.)

Wish there had been more giving credit to older TenTec
gear...I tell you, some really great...

And the TMC GPR90..

Why have I put this here?  Because the other listing
tends to be ham, and there are OTHER OPERATORS besides
hams...a "feww" on this list..sorry to bore you..

In short, what is it you want the radio to do?? 

Thats the real diff. in comments, like "hey, it tunes
too slow", or "it's too heavy", etc. etc. Again, why
do you have it, and what do you want it to do?

Like: I know a guy in south Al. that has a Collins AM
broadcast Tr. sitting in a shed (5kw) and it will go
to ruin, but he keeps it because he likes it...

By the way..I have owned several transcievers, just
for the receiver...never fired up the 'mitters 
except on the Omni I had.(into a D.L. as I have no
Li.).Havn't been "on the air" since army...not even 
(sorry for this) "C.B."...

Oh well..To late to make this a short story..

John





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