[R-390] 390A Audio Deck ?

[Cecil Acuff]

I'm headed up there in June for a week.  Taking my kids for the first time 
(13 and 16)....they should have a ball!  Got to be an R-390A in the 
Smithsonian somewhere...we're going to go looking for it!

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Murphy" <mjmurphy45 at comcast.net>
To: "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com>; "Cecil Acuff" 
<chacuff at cableone.net>; "R390list" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] 390A Audio Deck ?


> Barry,
>
> Speaking of B-29's, I got to see the restored Enola Gay this week. I had a
> couple of hours on the loose while on a work trip in DC (picking someone 
> up
> at Dulles Airport). WA1QHQ, Mark and myself hit the new Air and Space
> Smithsonian Annex. You get a nice peek right into the front Norden 
> Bombsight
> and you can see what looks like an ART-13 remote control box. They are
> keeping some small and very large birds there including the SR-71 that set
> the coast to coast speed record and an Air France SST which was given to 
> the
> Smithsonian, and the Space Shuttle Enterprise (which is gigantic).
>
> The museum is well worth a visit and did not cost a dime (well except for
> Cecil's tax money). Even the parking was free at the end of the day when 
> we
> showed up.
>
> Mike Murphy  WB2UID
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barry Hauser" <barry at hausernet.com>
> To: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>; "R390list" 
> <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 11:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] 390A Audio Deck ?
>
>
>> As I recall from old posts -- it was for an optional squelch.
>>
>> If not, maybe it was like one of the three B-29's the Russians kept and
>> copied during/after WWII.  It had a patch in the fuselage.  All the 
>> TU-4's
>> they made had the the same patch because they were told to make an exact
>> duplicate.
>>
>> Not likely, but I don't know that anyone has ever seen the audio deck
>> without the patch and the optional "kit" installed.
>>
>> OK, so I'm a rumor mongerer.  Practicing to become a TV news pundit able
> to
>> speculate on cue.
>>
>> Barry
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
>> To: "R390list" <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:33 AM
>> Subject: [R-390] 390A Audio Deck ?
>>
>>
>> > Hey Folks,
>> >
>> >        Things went from lively to dead all of a sudden.  Thought it
> might
>> > be a good time to ask a question.  While contemplating the construction
> of
>> > the R-390A audio deck questions in my mind have come up about the
> planned
>> > use the original designers had for the mirrored relay and tube socket
>> > holes that are blocked off.  The various builders of the audio deck in
> all
>> > cases seemed to have punched all the holes and labeled the chassis then
>> > covered it all up from the top side with a block off plate.  I haven't
>> > gone as far as removing the plate to see if the tube type is even
>> > designated...i'm assuming it would be another OA2....but maybe not.
>> >
>> > Just thought I'd check with the group for some history about this.  I
>> > can't say I remember it ever being discussed..
>> >
>> > Thanks...
>> >
>> > Cecil...
>> >
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