[R-390] New Guy Checking In

[Gary Pewitt]

Arthur, if you like things portable you might look into getting an 
R-392.  That's the mobile, if not exactly portable, version of the 
R-390.  It runs on 24 to 28v DC.  It's waterproof too.   It even floats.  8-)
It's really quite a good receiver and since the case is sealed it's 
usually very clean inside.  They're not too hard to find and a lot 
cheaper than a good R-390.
73  Gary  N9ZSV






At 03:00 AM 12/8/2008, Arthur Laurent wrote:
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>Hello to the list!  I just signed on, figured I'd introduce myself.
>
>I began life as a SWL/BCBDX'er, and about the age of 11 became a ham 
>(ex-KN4ZLZ).  I had an Knight Ocean Hopper as my receiver, and a 
>homebrew transmitter which MIGHT have worked up to 15 watts on 
>occasion, into an 80-meter dipole strung too low in my backyard 
>trees.  I loved summertime, when I could visit my  grandparents on 
>their farm.  They had lots of high trees from which to string 
>dipoles and more exotic antennas.
>
>After college, I listened to radio traffic for the Marine Corps, 
>where I grew fond of the R-390.  A few years after that, I became 
>interested again in ham radio, and was re-licensed as KD4CSO.
>
>Now I've become enamored of the R-390 again.  I don't have one -- 
>yet -- but I'm looking around.  My favorite things to do are any 
>sort of portable or itinerant operation, and camping.  Give me a 
>problem to solve, and I'm a happy guy.  Even better if you show me a 
>guy who says "it can't be done."
>
>I look forward to kearning from each of you.
>
>Radio is still magic to me.
>
>73 de KD4CSO,
>Arthur Laurent
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Gary Pewitt  N9ZSV   garypewitt at centurytel.net  479 675 4376
1500 French Prairie Rd. Booneville, Arkansas  72927
Sturgeon's Law "Ninety percent of everything is crap."
Pewitt's Law: But it's that other 10% that makes life worth living."