[R-390] R-390 History

[Rbethman]

Hi Dave,

    I suspect that it will be totally futile.

    I was inn service from '60s until very late '80s.

    Some records were NOT required to be kept beyond 24 months.  After 
that period they were simply destroyed.

    Especially true for older equipment that went for turn in and disposal.

Bob - N0DGN

Bob Camp wrote:

> Hi
>
> I suspect that at least with the 390 and 390A the question will come 
> up "what's my radio?". With the ones I have here it's the odd one that 
> actually has the numbers on the front and rear panels matching.
>
> That said if you want to go for it the archives must have all the darn 
> paperwork that transfered the radios from point to point. The same 
> archives probably have the normal unit inventory documentation as 
> well. In both cases the information you are after is going to be 
> buried in with a whole bunch of other stuff. You should be able to get 
> access to it but boy will it take time.
>
> More or less:
>
> Radio has serial number, so we know when it was made. There must be a 
> record of it going from the factory to a depot.
>
> Depot records should exist and show who it was sent out to.
>
> Unit inventory should confirm that they had the radio.
>
> Since the unit no longer has the radio there must be paper that moved 
> it out of that unit.
>
> If you can find 20% of those records you are doing *very* well.
>
> The national archives have a web site so you can at least look into 
> what's involved in researching those records.
>
>     Take Care!
>
>         Bob Camp
>         KB8TQ
>
>
> On Jul 5, 2004, at 11:45 PM, Dave Faria wrote:
>
>> This may be a futile exercise but, I would like to trace the history 
>> of my 390a, 390, 391, 392, and 388.  If its possible back to the duty 
>> stations.  Anyone know how to do this??
>>
>> It would be an interesting exercise.  Yep I'm retired - sorta
>>
>> Thanks for your thoughts before hand
>> Dave Faria/WA5TEZ
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