[R-390] Manufacturer of R390A

[Dan Arney]

Well Paul you are in for a bunch of info. Out of all of the R-390-A's 
out there I know of only one that has virgin modules and the correct 
tag, That was built by Bob Luce when he worked for Teledyne and he still 
owns it.

The rest of them are known as depot DAWGS, meaning when they came if for 
IRAN all modules were stripped and went on the way to the dept. that 
worked on that module, plus the tags all went in a box as the panels 
were stripped and refinished and when  it was assembled the tag 
installer grabbed a tag and screwed it in place and away it went.
The intent of the design was to make it all interchangeable.
Few changes along the way, panels, caps, wiring but they are ALL DEPOT 
DAWGS.

I make tags for all of the contracts and sell some of them to Fair as 
they choose certain tags.
I only stamp a S/N of your choice on a tag. I do have some original tags 
available also.


You can play musical tags and modules and when you get through  looking 
for a pure Virgin Collins etc. you just won the R-390A lottery.
22  contracts? and so grab a name that turns you on.
Cause all dem Radios is one and da same, look da same, play da same, 
sound da same and above all dey are da same.

Hank
KN6DI

OH yes there are a lot on S/N 1 radios floating around out amongst them.