[R-390] What is the difference between 390 and 390A

[Roy Morgan]

At 08:54 PM 4/11/2005, Cecil Acuff wrote:
>... I like my SX-28A now that it's electrically restored...nice audio and 
>tuning system. (gears)

Cecil, et. al.,

Topic category: "Why on earth do you have all those radios?"

For years I'd heard about the SX-28 but never really wanted one. I had an 
SP-200, an SP-600, and later on R-390's of different sorts. Then on a whim, 
I bought a QST for the month I was born (Oct, '44) and found an article 
about the flight following radio stations in Alaska and the Aleutian 
Islands.  We had a lot of aircraft flying over that way during the 
war.  Pictured are the Adcock directional antennas and racks of 
SX-28's.  That changed my mind about wanting one of these radios.

Now I have two, an A and an earlier one.  Both await overhaul, but I do 
look forward to having one around and running well.  Then the radio an I 
can grow older gracefully together.

Roy



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