[R-390] NOS R-390A on the E-Place

[Tracy Fort]

I don't really keep up with the years of the different radios. I think
322 day is around Nov 18th. Maybe Nov 18th, 1972?

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>> A metal decal applied to the back, saying "OVERHAULED TOBYHANNA ARMY
>> DEPOT DATE 2322"?  What does 2322 translate to, anyway?

> Fiscal date?   322 day maybe 52, 62, 72

It's a R-390A, so can't be 52.

72 seems most likely.  I don't think 82 is impossible.  Even though all
the modules
are from the mid-60's onward, I think the mainframe may be older (it
seems to have
been retrofitted with B+ fuses), so maybe even 62.

As long as we're talking about dates and decals, I've got in my other
radio a PTO
with a Raytheon (Los Angeles, CA) decal.  I believe they did not
manufacture but
did refurb the PTO.  I've seen rigs at hamfests with Raytheon labeled
PTO's too,
so they probably did a lot of refurbs.  What years did Raytheon do this?

Tim.
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