[R-390] New to the list / My R-391 & those ELUSIVE Tools!

Dan Williams drw at tennis.org
Sat Aug 21 21:21:18 EDT 2004



Greetings, Name here is Dan - KG4WTL

I am the proud owner of Collins R-391 #169, it resides with me in
Chattanooga, TN

Why are the back panel parts Sooooooo hard to come up with!
ALL of mine are missing.

Need both Tube Pullers, the Screwdrivers, and the Wrenches.

Also still need the spare fuse cover.

The Huntsville, AL Hamfest netted me a Power plug and an Antenna C to BNC
adaptor today.

I have been slowly restoring this old beast, been a long hard road!

Have put 2 reproduction tags on the front (why are the tags always missing!)
2 new Reproduction top and bottom covers
Reproduction covers on back

This reciever came out of an old out building and had been sitting on a
pallet with a TON of other vingage STUFF, I brought it home (it was free for
the hauling (almost soiled myself LOL)) and spent 6 hours cleaning it up
inside and out, checked it over and plugged it in... (keep in mind it had
been sitting in an unheated building for over 10 years!) and it worked!
This is a testamonial to how rugged these radios really are, this one is a
real performer, it will outdo my kenwood TS-520, my Yaesu FT-101, it runs
circles around my Harris RF-350K!

Now, WHERE CAN I GET THOSE DARNED ELUSIVE TOOLS!?!?!?!????!!!!

Dan - KG4WTL


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