[R-390] Sighting -- Boatanchors on the History Channel

Fri, 20 Feb 2004 23:06:30 -0500

Hiya Gang

Just saw lot's of BA's on the History Channel's "Secrets of the Y
Service" -- about the British radio intelligence organization which started
around the end or shortly after WWI.  Lots of AR77's, AR88's, HRO's,
WS-19's, SX-28's.

Funny though, they always have to mess up at least one detail.  The script
goes something like " .. they used Hallicrafters radios to listen in on
enemy high frequency transmissions ...." as the scene shifts to a woman in a
fairly recent interview, wearing headphones and tuning a radio -- an old
AR88 (RCA). (I don't think it had the optional meter ;-)  There were plenty
of SX-28's and I think there was an SX-32 -- the VHF version of the SX-28 -- 
but Hallicrafters, of course, was not the only brand.

Still though, the show has a very high BA/HR rating.  If you read this in
time (and get The History Channel), I think it repeats at 12 midnight EST.
Worth a peek.  A lot I've heard of before, but some stories were either new
or in somewhat more detail than in previous programs.

No -- there were no R-390's.  Most of the coverage was WWII and a bit
beyond. I didn't even spot an R-388.  However, at one point there were a
whole mess of SP-200's -- couldn't read the tags so can't say which
BC-####'s they were.

B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Arney" <[email protected]>
To: "R-390 reflector" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 8:07 PM
Subject: [R-390] RE: Post in ref to CV/591 covers

> Did any one see my post about making covers for the CV/591?
> If so would you please forward it to me as it got lost.
> TIA
> Hank
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