[R-390] Hi

[Ed Zeranski]

The SRR-11 became the SRR-11A  along with the rest of the
> SRR-11,12,13 series. That is helpful to know if you see a radio up for
sale - I would
> rather have an SRR-11A for the tighter mechanical filter selectivity. This
has
> probably been gone over before.  73 Todd Roberts WD4NGG.

Todd,

    I've been picking up the 390/390A back and forth too but the old ears
jumped up when the SRRs got mentioned.  The receivers in my SRT-14-15-16
manual( I have the transmitter, manual 1955) are RBA-RBB-RBC. When I went to
Navy ET school in the early '60s the taught receivers series was
SRR-11/12/13 ..along with the SRT series but...but..R390( A and non A ) was
there too. ET school was in Bldg 520 at Great Lakes. As a young squid,
before my three all expense paid SE Asian Vacations, we called them all
'390s. Not R390, not R390A...just shittin' '390...as in  "I went to the comm
shack to swap out a  '390."  It was the circuit/ comm. function that counted
not what was on the name plate.

       By the way..working on the SRR receivers just sucked. The '390s were
ok but then we got a saddled with the R1051 and UCC-1V for tone diversity
multiplex receive traffic.....Bozo

EdZ.