[R-390] R-390 History
Dave Faria
Dave_Faria at hotmail.com
Tue Jul 6 12:58:15 EDT 2004
I'm very fortunate in that all the 39* radios I mentioned do have tags and
the modules have very close serial numbers to the panel tag. It probably
means they did not see much service. The only radio I do know some of the
history is the 391, it came from a listening station in Hawaii. The other
radios are anyone's guess. I will query the fellow I got the 391 from and
ask him how much more he knows.
Thanks for everyone's input
Dave Faria/WA5TEZ
----- Original Message -----
From: JamesMiller <jmiller1706 at cfl.rr.com>
To: Bob Camp <ham at cq.nu>; <rbethman at comcast.net>
Cc: r-390 <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390 History
> I have heard that serial number tags were often replaced during depot
> maintenance, so the tag on your radio is probably not the original anyway.
> Likewise, the modular design meant that depot repairs could be done by
> replacing entire modules... over the life of service, I would wonder if a
> given radio even has its original modules.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>
> To: <rbethman at comcast.net>
> Cc: "r-390" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 10:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390 History
>
>
> > Hi
> >
> > We still have some of that "destroy in 24 months" paperwork around from
> > the Revolution. If you spend enough time (read months) it's amazing
> > what you can turn up. You are not going to find a full trail but you
> > might get lucky and get a good idea of were your radio (or at least
> > ones in the same serial number sequence) went.
> >
> > Take Care!
> >
> > Bob Camp
> > KB8TQ
> >
> >
> > On Jul 5, 2004, at 9:54 PM, Rbethman wrote:
> >
> > > 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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