[R-390] UR 390

[Joe Foley]

The official designation of that radio is the
R-390/URR.  Maybe someone who made the ad didn't quite
understand the nomenclature.

Joe



--- Transmaster <22hornet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes that is what it looked like. I am aware of the
> R390 non A  but I
> have never seen one called a UR-390 I was wondering
> if this might be
> yet another type of R390, non A.
> 
>                                                   
> Ken
> 
> On 1/31/07, Bob Young <youngbob53 at msn.com> wrote:
> > I am no expert, but if you're asking what is a
> R-390, it was the predecessor
> > to the A and had (I believe someone will correct
> me and add additional info
> > I'm sure) LC filters instead of mechanical
> filters, also had more tubes and
> > supposedly was more complex. I think they had 32
> tubes, the A was supposed
> > to be a cost reduced version, this topic can get a
> little controversial
> > around here, haha! You will see them on ebay
> occasionally. I have a 388 on
> > the way, my radio after that will be a 390. The
> way you can tell at a glance
> > is that the ant. trimmer is off on the right side
> I believe and the plate is
> > right where you desribed.
> >
> > Bob Young
> > Millbury, Ma
> > (no letters yet)
> >
> >
> > >From: Transmaster <22hornet at gmail.com>
> > >To: R-390 <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> > >Subject: [R-390] UR 390
> > >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 07:53:20 -0700
> > >
> > >I was looking through a 1970 issue of '73
> magazine. In a ad' for an
> > >outfit which repaired and calibrated radios, and
> test equipment. There
> > >is a photo which shows a rack mount of gear used
> to receive WWV as a
> > >calibration standard.  In the rack is a radio the
> caption identifies
> > >as a UR-390,  the front panel on the radio is the
> same as my R-390A
> > >except there is no antenna trimmer and the
> nomenclature plate is
> > >installed where the trimmer would have been.  I
> tried to scan the
> > >photo in but it is to blurred to make it worth
> sending. I have never
> > >read of a UR-390 mentioned on this forum. What
> flavor of 390 is this
> > >receiver?
> > >
> > >                                    Ken de W7ITC
> > >
> > >--
> > >Kenneth A. Crips, W7ITC Home of the Chew Crew, 
> Red Headed
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> >
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