[R-390] Tags

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

Barry asked,

Did the depots have these on hand when you were working on the radios?  This 
one looks like it was designed to be either for an R390 or R390A as you could 
stamp an "A" in the box after the "R390".

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Yes, you could order replacement tags back then.

Fellows saw a need to take them home with them as keepsakes.
The property book Officer would have a fit. As his property was becoming
unaccountable for. So you could order a new tag. Any old speedy 4 or 5 was
not about to get the paper signed off on, but the Warrant officer could get 
it done.

We some times altered tags. You would get two receivers from different 
contracts
with the same serial number on the same property book. (We had lots of 
receivers.)
So someone would stamp a letter after the serial number on one receiver.

Someone may have an altered tag of this flavor and wonder why.

Roger KC6TRU

Roger KC6TRU