[R-390] New (to me) R390A... Advice ?

[Michael Melland]

Hi everyone,

I should be taking delivery of a "new to me" Motorola (with a Collins PTO)
this week or early next week.  It appears from the photos to be in excellent
general condition and the prior owner reports it works well and is
calibrated and meets liniarity specs and has wonderful audio.  It is thought
to be all original with no known mods and is very clean.  It has been in use
probably since new and has no humm or reported vices except for normal paint
wear and perhaps a few dings.  It appears VERY clean on the inside and has
all the covers and original meters.

I have been cruizing the net for about a week looking at all the available
info and have downloaded the Y2K R390A manual.

What do I need to look at first ?  What special connectors might I need ?  I
already use a Radio Shack 1K to 8 Ohm transformer on a different rig to get
the 600 Ohm audio output into an 8 ohm speaker so I expect I'll need to do
that here as well.... proior owner also gave me a 8 ohm radio to stereo
cable etc to run its audio into a stereo which reportedly worked very well.

What antenna connector will I need ?  And.... where might I find this stuff
?

Prepare for lots of questions as I start checking things over <grin>.

Regards,
Mike

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Michael Melland, W9WIS
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