[R-390] Semi-blasphemy

[Jerry Kincade]

Well, I think my 390A's have finally met their match. Been playing with an
RF-590A for a few weeks. Incredible receiver, hats off to good old American
made Harris equipment, the Collins of the modern age. Of course, all those
Navy ships I used to ride and fix 390A's and 1051's on have been using the
590/590A's for years now, this is just the first time I've personally had a
chance to try one out. My Navy did well when they replaced the 1051's with
these things! The only thing I can find wrong with it is it's only half the
size and weight of a 390A, and after running it for 12 hours you still can't
tell by putting your hand on top of the cabinet if it's been on or not.
Which means the baseboard heat in my shack has to work harder. Can anything
that runs this cool actually be good? :-) Coming soon from Harris (and maybe
others): A new-age general purpose military HF receiver that will be totally
software defined and reconfigurable on the fly, from front end to output.
Some interesting stuff on the DoD and Harris web sites about that project,
much of which is apparently not classified.
73, Jerry W5KP