[R-390] More on the NAVSHIPS 0967-063-2010 Manual Reprints

[Michael Crestohl]

Here is more on the NAVSHIPS manuals:

>On Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:36:50 -0500 I wrote:
>In 1996 I produced some half-decent copies from an original of the 
>April 18th 1970 Navy NAVSHIPS manual for the R-390A.  I made a 
>couple of copies for myself and few extra copies for friends.
>
>The originals were and still are pretty much unobtanium.  It is my 
>understanding that the NAVY requires the old manuals to be turned in 
>and exchanged for new ones.  The old ones are destroyed.  Not long 
>ago I got my hands on an original borrowed from a buddy and made the 
>copies from it.
>
>I recently found two of the copies I made back in 1996 and since I 
>now have my own original I am offering the copies up to members of 
>this august group.  The cost will be $35.00 plus postage.  If I get 
>a number of orders I will consider doing another print run.   This 
>is very time-consuming as you can imagine but am willing to do it 
>because the NAVY manual is BY FAR the best technical reference 
>available for the R-390A.  It is NOT a rehash of the Army/Air Force manual set.

Wow!  I received nine replies to my earlier post from people wanting 
to get one of the copies so I guess I will have to do another print 
run.  So if you want one please let me know as soon as possible 
because I am probably not going to do this again.

I will be making the copies from a pristine original manual.   My 
copy comes from the Naval Electronics Laboratory Center Library in 
San Diego.  There is even a Date Due slip showing that only one 
person ever took it out and that was in February 1971.  I got it with 
a radio.  This is the manual upon which the Y2K manual was based.  It 
was developed under contract by Philco-Ford Communications and 
Technical Services Division.  They produce training materials for 
Ford/Philco products as well and are very good.

The pull-outs will be made on 11X17" sheets which are taped 
together.  Some of the pull-outs in the manual require four sheets of 
11X17" paper to produce and are 58" long!   All pages are 
double-sided as per the original manual.  The originals are very hard 
to come by.  I understand Navy policy required all manuals to be 
turned in when a new one is issued and the old ones are destroyed.

They are going to be printed on state-of-the-art digital printers 
(they're not "photocopiers" any more!) that my printer purchased last 
summer.   This is a small shop that does a lot of archival material 
copy work for Dartmouth College.  The photos will be exceptionally 
clear.  I was very surprised when I saw how good these machines 
are.  It is going to pretty hard (but not impossible) to distinguish 
these copies from the original.

Regarding the binding:  I can deliver them either with three holes 
punched bound with an ACCO binding strip or without punching holes in 
them so you can choose how you want to bind them.   As an option I 
can have the printer bind them using a heavy plastic-covered wire 
coil which will allow the pages to lie completely flat.   The printer 
charges an additional  $3.50 to do them.  This is the best method in 
my opinion as the pages will lie absolutely flat when the manual is 
on the workbench.  I highly recommend this method of binding the manual.

I am setting a cut-off date for orders of Monday December 17th.  I 
will produce them over the holidays and mail them out before New 
Years.   Again, the cost is $35.00 per manual with Priority Shipping 
at $5.00 for a total of $40.00.  If you want the wire coil binding 
the total will be $43.50.

Please send your check or money order to:

Michael Crestohl, W1RC
PO Box 511
Hartford VT 05047-0511

Checks will not be cashed until the books are ready to ship.

The last time I ran off seven copies and the guys who got them were 
very pleased.  I think they will be even better this time because of 
the advance in digital printing technology.

73,

Michael, W1RC