[R-390] Ahoy! R-390A sighting aboard USS Hornet

[Roy Morgan]

At 05:56 PM 5/15/2005, Dave Merrill wrote:
>  ...a tour of the USS Hornet http://www.uss-hornet.org moored at
>Alameda Point, San Francisco.  Well worth your time if you are in the area.

Dave,

I'll make a point to see it next time I visit my daughter in San 
Francisco.  Indeed, those radios are in bad shape!

>... the R-390 - ...also served in more mundane tasks like weather
>FAX reception.

Is there anyone doing FAX by radio nowadays? Ham, commercial?  I have a TMC 
frequency shift keyer that would make the signals.  No FAX reader or 
printer, though.

Roy



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