[R-390] Dirtiest, Greasiest, Most Rusted R390

[Flowertime01 at wmconnect.com]

Scott,

If you have the time and skill give it a bath and restore it.
If not consider selling it to someone as is who would like to give it a try.

Parting it out is a long slow poor return venture.
Note that Hank has had to keep his day job to support his R390 habit.

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Were 390's de-commissioned before the A's came out?

Not at all.
Many R390 went to Germany, Berlin, Ethiopia and lots of Army Signal Corp 
locations. When the R390/A come along they went to newer field station locations 
like Okinawa, Viet Nam. Korea was mostly R390/A with a fair mix of R390.

The receivers served side by side and were doing well when I got out of 
service in 1975.

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The line filter is missing and I don't have a spare.

Consider a new socket from a computer power supply and a butch plate.
Use a couple good caps to the chassis to provide hash filtering and still not 
trip the GFI and AFIA (Arc Fault Interrupt) breakers. Some heat shrink and 
varnish on the inside of the receiver on the rear of the socket should keep the 
line voltage off your fingers

Roger L. Ruszkowski  AI4NI
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