[R-390] Oh boy... R-648 on Eb*y

jcoward5452 at aol.com jcoward5452 at aol.com
Sun Dec 10 20:48:13 EST 2006


Hi Group,
I had one of these,with shock mount and power connector/cable and a 
repro operator's manual.Sold it all for $250 and I had to stand firm on 
my price and this was at a flea.It worked OK on AM but had an 
intermittent BFO module.I could not for the life of me figure out what 
was wrong.All tubes were good and working voltages were correct.All 
interface contacts and cables all clean and in good shape.Banging on 
the radio had no effect on wether or not the BFO would work.Some radios 
are meant to be modular and others are not.This is one of those that 
are not. Sold it "as is" with the buyer duly informed of shortcomings.
Maybe a Collins radio but not even in league with the R-390 or -390A.
I'll take a BC-348-* any day over a -648.
 My $.02
  Jay KE6PPF

-----Original Message-----
From: bill at iaxs.net
To: r390a at bellsouth.net; r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 5:21 PM
Subject: RE: [R-390] Oh boy... R-648 on Eb*y

Fortunately, I got a look at a 648 before I just had to have
every military set Collins ever made. Things that are designed
to fly are also designed to be so compact as to be unrepairable.
You think you have problems with the underside of a 390 IF deck?
Wait 'till you see an R-648.

Bill Hawkins


-----Original Message-----
From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom Norris
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 6:17 PM
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [R-390] Oh boy... R-648 on Eb*y

Here we go again with the "flying R-390" thing. Ebay 260062873479 is an
R-648/ARR-41.
Swallow any liquids you may be drinking before looking at the price...

73

Tom NU4G
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