[R-390] Re: R-390 <> Type 77 China trade

[Barry Hauser]

Ed wrote:

... and I'm not saying "bad"... just maybe different from
> the traditional Western approach to receiver design... and then make that
a
> MIL receiver, and it could get strange. Take that knob on the front panel
> that appears to range from under 12V to over 220V... I have to ask Xu
about
> that one! But all in all, as I said, what a discussion piece!


I've got an R209 MKII A or MKII (can't tell them apart).  It's a pint size
British green HF receiver.  Probably more like an R-174/GRR-5 in purpose,
but shares with that radio a multitude of power options with a knob on the
front panel like that.  As I recall, the R109 does 6v, 12 v, 24 plus 115 and
220 AC.  Originally the thing comes with a pawl or clip affair that fits
over the fuseholder and hooks into grooves in the voltage selector knob, so
you can't turn it by accident after it's set up.  The idea is the fuse has
to be changed according to voltage, so it's like a reminder.  (Mine is
missing.)

So ... I guess it's not an oriental oddity.

Barry