[R-390] SSB R-390A?

[Les Locklear]

Some that had that modification had the tube and x-tals mounted behind the 
front panel.

Depot job? Not hardly, Columbia Systems did most of the mods and someother 
outfit in California whos name escapes me at the moment.

Just remember what P. T. Barnum said................

Les Locklear

The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.

Harlan Ellison (1934-

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Sent: Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] SSB R-390A?


>I took a look at Chuck Rippel's photos, which are the most authentic view 
>of
> the radio I can think of.  The advertised radio has the extra module in 
> the
> right place (in front of the audio module), and is connected to the IF 
> module
> in the correct manner.  However, Chuck's photo shows a module with  two 
> metal
> cased crystals, similar to the other crystals in the radio.  The  eBay 
> radio
> has surplus FT243 crystals, which in my mind would make it a homebrew 
> setup.
> But these are rare enough that I could be wrong.
> Ed
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