[R-390] Monitoring Times, August 2003
Sandy Geiger
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Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:28:00 -0400
Gents- I called MT one time & just flat out asked them why they didn't do much of anything on the old great boatanchors-& got told that 1) they were too busy trying to get everything in the magazine they normally have, & 2) they primarily tried to review new stuff they sold, & 3) that's what "Electric Radio" is for. So there. The fella I spoke with wasn't snotty or anything, just felt like he had way too many irons in the fire. Sound familiar ? -Sandy G.
C.H.(Sandy)Geiger III
>From: bw
>To:
>Subject: Re: [R-390] Monitoring Times, August 2003
>Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 19:04:51 -0500
>
>Don,
>
>I read that article too and Tom did a great job. That got me a bit curious
>about the Gulf HF comms and I've been hanging around the 4.125 area some. I
>got one company station on 4.146U the other night with boat captains. Not
>the same as offshore comms. Good reading stuff, Tom. I worked with guys who
>flew for PHI, AirLog, and Mobile. It seems that PHI was pretty lousy to the
>pilots and nobody liked them. PHI was always a starting point for better
>flying jobs.
>
>I was going to write something about the R-390 and SP-600 radios being
>omitted, but I think I may write a letter in regards to the opinions on the
>Broadband over Power Lines issue in another piece in the same issue. No,
>part 1 didn't have any better coverage of our favorite radios. The first one
>was about S-38s and similar radios. I was very disappointed too. The MT
>editor is a bit opinionated against tube radios. I guess he tries to stay
>away from the subject, but his opinions come out a little strong over
>time....at least to me. Skip Arey sometimes writes good things about R-390s
>and one of his old columns got me thinking about them 10 years ago. That
>sort of led me to ask around and learn more about them. He blew it with his
>BPL ideas this month.
>
>Write them a letter. They publish them. I know that Les has written them and
>they print mine when I write. It won't hurt. Your opinion won't become a
>flame issue. This was a glaring omission.
>
>
>Barry non-Hauser
>
> > One of our esteemed long time list members, Tom Marcotte, has the cover
> > page and feature article in this month's Monitoring Times. That's issue
> > Vol 22, No. 8, August 2003. Tom covers the communication activities of
> > off-shore oil crews and pilots down in the Gulf of Mexico. Nice
> > article, Tom. Unfortunately it appears that HF comms are mostly
> > abandoned there. Same issue has part 2 of vintage medium and
> > high-priced boatanchor receivers but the R-390 is conspicuous by its
> > absence from the list. Perhaps that was in part 1 that I missed.
> >
> > I pick up one of these issues every so often from the local Barnes and
> > Noble to get an updated shortwave listening guide. Standard pecuniary
> > interest disclaimers apply!
> >
> > Don W5OR
>
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