[R-390] 390 SSB

[Mike Meador Meador]

Even though I'm just now finding out about the 390/390A's, I have wondered 
myself why someone would want to call a 390 a "non A". Seems to me there is 
the 390 and the 390A. What more I.D. do you need? To me it's be kinda like 
....I drive a Chevy/non Ford or a Chevy Impala/non Camaro?!? BUT, I'm not 
getting into the "Jag/non Chevy" thing ! Hehehe.  , Mike


>From: <jlap1939@yahoo.com>
>To: r-390@mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [R-390] 390 SSB
>Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 07:46:42 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Friends,
>
>Thankful to encounter some tuning SSB "freehand" as it
>were....
>
>My time in mil. required a bit of "ad. lib." at times,
>and we used a # of methods to get good SSB...Always
>appreciate those who understand the subject..Also the
>few who understand "freehand" or "manual" alignment.
>I do understand that we are talking people like me,
>that are "older than dirt"..many of us wouldn't be
>caught dead trying to work on one of these beasts..
>(before someone asks..when I was in mil. ser.there was
>very little SSB and the converters were not seen much
>'till a few years later, but some agencys were moving
>to SSB pretty fast...so we listened best we could..)
>
>(SORRY ABOUT THE NEXT STUFF.....)
>
>Also, will complain again about the ones who don't
>recognize that there is no such thing as a 390 "non a"
>(and I was called down for saying it, (last posting),
>several times)...since I complained a lot before..It
>must seem to some that I am confused, and maybe I am.
>(I used it 'cause I disobeyed myself...indeed..)
>
>I have it there are a # of diff. 3(XX) radios, two of
>which are  the r390, and the r390a.  It would seem to
>me since these are those  most commonly found..(seems
>there were some 15000 390 and 65000 390a units made(?)
>, that we should call the 390 simply 390, and the 390a
>
>WITH THE A... You should know that starting some 20
>or more years ago with Mr. Mish, and down to the
>present time, I have been mis-read by not putting non
>a.. Why should I? There is noooo such thing.. Well in
>any event, I have had 3 persons write who believe that
>the radio I want to take to someone for repair is  the
>390a nomen. no, its a 390....(!!!!)(32 tubes orig)
>
>Are we ever going to get past this?? and if you want
>to call me a curmudgeon, or worse, O.K..(I thought my
>name was "hey, you" 'till I was 7...)There are others
>on this list who are called MANY things...
>
>As for the Jag.. was there life after XKE??
>
>My Regards,
>
>Old John
>
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