[R-390] Another new member

[Joe Foley]

Oh, no!

This doesn't look good at all.

First thing, right off the bat,..... send your mother
flowers!

You owe her a nice dinner out just for this one
infraction.

Look at it like this:  You've sent a complete stranger
to her house to drop off an ugly, to her, monstrosity.
 More of YOUR junk.  And it's too heavy for her to
even move, much less play with, if she were so
inclined.

Don't tell her its military surplus, that may make it
worse.

Look at it this way:  What if you go over there to
pick it up and she has it all set up with the
appropriate companion T-368 transmitter and is working
a rare DX station on Fiji, through a hurricane?

What are you going to do then?  How will you explain
THAT to your friends?

73

Joe





--- Jim Green <jagreen3 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hi I'm Jim,
> 
> I joined the list a couple weeks ago, but this is my
> first post. I am  
> a Mechanical Engineer and a ham radio operator. What
> better radio for  
> me than the R-390. I've had an R-392 for several
> years and use it  
> primarily in my workshop. It's a good choice for
> this environment  
> because it is dust proof.
> 
> I just bought a R-390/URR at a local ham fest. I
> made a rather  
> strange deal for it. I intentionally went to the ham
> fest with only  
> $60.00 in my pocket. I spotted this R-390, and
> really wished I had  
> brought more money with me. The seller was asking
> $350.00 for it, and  
> It sat there for several hours before I went over
> and asked about it.  
> He said make me an offer and I said "given the money
> I have with me  
> my offer would be an insult". I then asked him where
> he lived. He  
> said Minnesota. I said where in Minnesota. He said
> Marshall  
> Minnesota. I said thats only 30 miles from my moms
> place. Based on  
> this discussion I sad how about this: I give you
> $50.00 now. You take  
> the R-390 back home with you. I will mail you a
> check for $250.00.  
> Once the check clears you drop it off at my moms
> house. He said ok.
> 
> So I have an R-390 sort of. It's not in my hands yet
> but I'm chomping  
> at the bit to get to work on it. It has a few
> issues. Here is the  
> basic discription of what I have: The R-390 is fair
> cosmetically. It  
> has both original meters. It is mounted in a
> original heavy duty  
> shock mounted cabinet. Now for the bad stuff. It
> doesn't receive on  
> the 160 meter band. One of the tuning knobs is
> original, the other is  
> a complete replacement. It doesn't even look
> original. I'll be  
> looking for a MHz tuning knob. Also, the
> manufacturers model plate is  
> missing. Fair radio has replacements for R-390A
> receivers any idea  
> where I can get one for my R-390?
> 
> Other radios and interests:
> 
> I like to restore old tube HiFi equipment. My main
> HF rig is a Yaesu  
> FT-1000MP (pre mkV). I haven't transmitted in
> several years. I do  
> most of my short wave listening using a Harris model
> R-2368/URR. I'm  
> mostly interested in foreign news broadcasts and
> some music. I built  
> an AM Synchronous detector for my R-2368, and it
> works pretty well.
> 
> Well, I guess that's all for now.
> 
> Jim
>
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