[R-390] Identifying Collins 390a

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> Most women I've witnessed in view of either receiver
> OR the T-368 had NO clue what they were looking at and
> had no desire to learn, much less allow such things
> anywhere near their habitation as the challenge of
> decorating around them poses too much stress.
> 
> Joe

My first R-390A, the Motorola PH-56, stayed on my night table for a month
when I first got it in a SP-600 cabinet. The wife didn't mind at all. Later,
it went in a stereo rack, still in the bedroom. (g)

This is the honest to goodness truth, and I think I've told the story on the
list before. I knew a guy who lived up the street and routed the Army MARS
traffic from Ft. Rucker to his house as a remote station. His master
bedroom, where he and his wife slept, had over 30 radios in it. Some were
boat anchors. There was more test equipment than I could look at, and 3
computers for running packet. He had it all on 2 long, folding tables. It
was stacked 4 deep in some places and on the floor under the tables. She put
up with it and she was a honey to look at. She didn't seem to mind at all.

The real Barry