[R-390] Serial matching - slightly OT

[John Lawson]

   Many hundreds of years ago - I worked at a large electronic and 
aerospace surplus company.  Yes - an alcoholic working for a brewery... 
;}

  While working there I got in a Nems-Clarke telemetry reciever, 100-400 
MHtz continuously - the model with the Mallory Inductuner and the Weco 
planar triode in the front end.  I used it quite a bit back then (the mid 
70s).  Flash forward to the late 80s - I see another similar model at a 
ham swap, and buy it 'cause it's cheap. I put it in the rack next to it's 
predecessor, woo hoo.

    A few years later, while moving the radios, I happen to notice that 
they have *consecutive serial numbers*, and in fact the first radio I got 
was the 'younger' one.  It's interesting to think of the paths they took 
from the assembly line, into service, then surplus, only to be rejoined in 
decades later in my shack.

   Two house-moves ago I sold 'em...  way too big and heavy and noisy for 
what they did...


    ObR-390: my 390A appears to be a mostly Motorola rig, but arrived in my 
care missing (alas!) it's rating plate.

Cheers

John  KB6SCO