[R-390] Black Faced 390A on Ebay - R-390a Trivia

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Well, the story as related to me several years ago by a then Motorola employee goes like this:

At night onboard Naval ships, they use red lighting. In a radio room, the grey panels with white lettering tended to "wash out", Motorola built 50 or so with a black matte finish and "white" lettering. I've never heard of the red lettering theory, but who knows? Maybe the Shadow does......

Les Locklear


In a message dated 8/18/2004 7:52:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Dave Faria" <Dave_Faria at hotmail.com> writes:

>I've got one of those curiosity questions.  There is a 390A on Ebay and the seller says its a repainted panel and it made me wonder.  Is it true the black faced radios were used on submarines and the lettering was red rather than white??  I don't know where I heard that or read it - anyone know??
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>Thanks
>Dave WA5TEZ
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