[R-390] Non A questions for the experts

[Dan Merz]

John,  the connectors are power on the left and remote control on the right
(looking from the rear of the receiver).  You'll need something to connect
to the power connector to operate the radio.  Maybe your seller will have
the connector.  I bought one from Fair Radio for about $15 without a cord.
Some guys use Molex connectors and make something up but it's nice to have
something close to the original with the center attachment screw to hold it
on.  I haven't explored the function of the remote control connector.   
This is a great radio - I listen to it more than the 390a currently - never
thought I'd buy one,  but it was staring at me at a swapmeet so I bought it
earlier this year.  Best regards,  Dan. 

-----Original Message-----
From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of John Lawson
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 7:25 PM
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [R-390] Non A questions for the experts


   I have paid for, and will pick up, the R-390 I bought, in a couple of
weeks.  A freind and I have been looking at the pictures on the auction
page, but they were assembled as a collage of several images of the radio,
and thus the individual ones are too small to carry enough resolution to
tell fine details.

   Like the manufaturer, f'rinstance.

   I've brought the photo into PaintShop Pro (which I'm fairly 'good' with)
but there are just not enough pixels to completely read the data plate. 
It *looks* like the manufacturer is Westinghouse, Inc....   but my friend 
has a book of 390 lore and lineage, and he informs me that only Collins and
Motorola made Non As.  Maybe the plate has been replaced? It *does* say
"R-390/URR" and this rig was for the Navy.

   Also, on the back panel, are two of those round, small/few-pinned blue
connectors with a threaded boss in the middle, like a lot of the PRC and GRC
radio sets used for interconnecting cables....  again I can't read the
nomenclature above and below them - not having ever owned a "Non A" before I
thought I'd ask their purposes..


   No tools left, but the 7 and 9-pin straighteners are there.

   Now I can get my R-388 out to Howard Mills for refurb and still have two
HF Boatanchor recievers in the shack.

   Cheers

John  KB6SCO

  PS: I'll be at the Livermore, CA Ham swap on Sunday, Aug 7th - 7:00 -
11:30....  one of the better swaps left alive - I't be Fun to have an Eyball
QSO with any Listmembers who might be in the area...


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