[R-390] great site

[Bryce Ringwood]

>>> "Kenneth Crips" <w7itc@hotmail.com> 02/05/02 08:56PM >>>
>I Found a great Military surplus site.

>http://www.armyradio.co.uk/ 

I tried to get an R-390A from armyradio - but the shipping was going to
cost as much as the radio, and the radio was going at about 3X the local
price. Its a nice site and I like their background info.


>Amoung the things for sale are Racal RA-17 HF receivers,
>wow what a looker. LS-206A/U Speaker box for the R390.
>A Murphy B-40 communication reciever, this radio has a
>heavy duty industrial/military look.

>                       Ken

I am busy "restoring" a Murphy B40 ex HMS Collingwood. They are very
heavy indeed, but quite nice to work on. The set seems to be very
sensitive in spite/because of strange tubes used throughout and a turret
tuner. Only problem I haven't managed to solve is slight backlash in the
tuning drive (its a chain drive!!! going to a gearbox.) Like the RA-17,
everything is cast metal.  If you can find a B40, I'm sure you'll enjoy
it.

Bryce

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