[R-390] OT - LOL snort sputter

[Bonddaleena at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/5/2005 9:46:02 AM Eastern  Standard Time, 
leslocklear at cableone.net writes:
The group in charge of that  "Black Operation" must have been the ones that 
"staged" the moon  landing.......:-)

Les Locklear
Gulfport, MS.

Reminds me of my  safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for
several days we had  to live on nothing but food and water.

W.C. Fields  (1880-1946)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Hauser"  <barry at hausernet.com>
To: "Les Locklear"  <leslocklear at cableone.net>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>; "Tom 
 
Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:38  AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] OT - LOL snort sputter


> Spin, nah --  has it all wrong.
>
> Those flip down lids were to prevent  oscillator leakage through the Veeder 
> Root window when R-390's were  used on ships and submarines.  The U-boats 
> had very sensitive  direction finders which could zero in on such stray 
> tiny singals from  200 miles away.  The PTO's in these "one-off" receivers 
> were all  Collins, simpy because no one else made them in WWII.  Also used 
>  on B-17's and B-29's -- racks of 'em.  (No bombs on those special 
>  aircraft).
>
> Yeah, I know ... you're going to tell me that can't  be because  R-390's 
> were developed after WWII.  That's what  they'd have you believe.  Most of 
> the pre-50's units came with  false fronts in black wrinkle which made thos 
> R-390's look like  SX-28's, AR88's, RAK/RAL's or somewhat too tall 
> BC-342's. Gray ones  were disguised to look like SP-200's, etc.
>
> After the war, many  were destroyed or dumped overboard.  Some went back to 
> special,  secure depots and subjected to extreme makeover with thorough 
>  module-mixing and removal of the false fronts.  The contract dates were  
> also falsified by 10 years forward.  (e.g. "53 was really '43) A  few of 
> those survived -- you can identify them with a good  microscope.  A special 
> symbol was micro-engraved somewhere on the  tag -- it looks like this:  ;-)
>
>  Barry
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Les  Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>
> To:  <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>; "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
>  Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:24 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] OT - LOL  snort sputter
>
>
>> Martyn puts a spin on even the most  mundane/common items.
>>
>> Les
>> ----- Original  Message ----- 
>> From: "Tom Norris"  <r390a at bellsouth.net>
>> To:  <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 2:21  AM
>> Subject: [R-390] OT - LOL snort  sputter
>>
>>
>>> I'm not telling the group where  I saw the description that included  the 
>>> following. You  can guess the place and the seller.
>>>
>>> "...What  makes it unusual is the dial cover to stop any light  escaping  
>>> from the dial so as to not be seen by the enemy and  another  unusual 
>>> point is that the receiver has the  exceptional Collins PTO  which is 
>>> very rare to find as  they were only usually put in to  special one off 
>>>  receivers built to a higher spec receiver for a  special  purpose."
>>>
>>> Uh  huh.
>>>
>>> Figured if my on-topic EAC post doesn't get  discussion this week,  maybe 
>>> this one  will.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Tom  NU4G
>  

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Yep. The easiest way to tell if RM is lying, is to check and see if his  lips 
are moving. Been to his 'house', and seen his "lab". ha ha
 
ron
 
N4UE