[R-390] No mal today.

[Todd Bigelow - PS]

Barry Hauser wrote:
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>  ... and now one more highly experimental stimulus (strap yourselves in
> men!)
>
>  Hallicrafters!!!!!
>
> Oooh... I feel a little woozey....  Maybe I went too far?
>
> Barry

No no, it worked just fine Barry! There was a slight jar, sure,  then it made me
think of a question I wanted to ask the group back when we were talking about
R-389s....

Anyone out there own, operate, or have any experience with the Coast Guard
R-649*? Covers 200 Kc-18 Mc or something like that. Looks like a LF SX-73, if
you squint and tilt your noggin a bit. Similar gray, stamped panel like the
typical R-390*. All I've been able to find out so far is that there were two
small contracts let by the Treasury Department for (yup, you guessed it) an
R-649 and an R-649A. Apparently custom made just for them, 50-100 total?

There....add that to it Barry, and I bet people will wake up. Better don the
Kevlar suit though, in case they start throwing R-390 knobs or assorted modules!

Hmmm....maybe a new  group name for radios we like that aren't R-390? How
about...Hammarcrafters! I've seen radios that would fit this category simply by
appearance!

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ