[R-390] FRR-59/URR

[Thomas Frobase]

I purchased my first FRR-59 in 1975, I lugged it one piece at a time, top
chassis, bottom chassis and case, down a narrow basement stairway in Lima,
Ohio.  If the case was not bolted down it will tip forward, scary! 

It took forever to get it fixed, at that early stage it was hard to find
debug cables so I would solder wires to probe points and extend them through
the case and then plug the radio back together to test.  

Once I finally got it running, I believe it was the best tube radio ever
built.  The frequency was rock solid, 100 KHz / band.  I ran it into a TTY
converter that received on a commercial commodities channel.  It ran for
months without tweaking the frequency.  The radio was ahead of its time!  I
ended up moving to Cleveland in 1978 and took it back to Fair Radio where it
came from, it is still my favorite!   

Tom, N3LLL