[R-390] BEST

[Jim Brannigan]

The R-390A is a nice radio at an 8 or 16kc. bandwidth.  For serious radio
work at 2.1 to 250kc. B/W the Collins 75S-3B is a great receiver.  For
really digging them out of the crud, a TenTec OMNI-VI+ with cascaded 250kc
filters and DSP just can't be beat.
Jim


> 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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