[R-390] An interesting receiver

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I recently went to a scrap yard where we got radio stuff on a per pound  
basis. In the radio room of a Navy ship decommissioned in 1997 we pulled a  R390-A 
and a !051 B both had been in service at the time of retirement. As far  as 
my view of the two receivers give me the 390-A any day the 1051 is hard to  
work with and worse to service. If you can come up with the  companion 
transmitter and amp it makes a neat station if you like hanging  on a frequency for a 
time. Pete