[R-390] RE: R-390 Digest, Vol 46, Issue 25

[Richard Spargur]

"Old R-390 Receivers," so, can we assume that no R-390A's were left there?

"Old" meaning they wouldn't work anymore? The Government is the biggest 
waster of tax payer dollars, including the military and civilian branches.

Just being a curmudgeon.

Les Locklear
Professional Curmudgeon
Equal Opportunity Annoyer

Don't assume that.  All, but three were R-390As.  Three R-390s were there,
but they were modified to work in an odd system called AUTOTUNE,
AN/TRD-1465/URR, if there any 05 Duffies out there.  What is was used for I
won't explain, how it was tuned was a hoot.  As the only person there 1972 -
1973 to repair the system.  The Kilocycle and Megacycle change knobs were
removed and replaced with gears.  A belt, one that looked like a fanbelt
from a 1956 Chevy connected the KC and MC change to servo motors.  The
receiver was tuned from...somewhere else.  I don't remember, the AUTOTUNE
may have been deinstalled the year before the station closed.  Can you
emagine all of a sudden the KC shaft would start turning about 30 RPM.  The
MC would, of course, be less intersting.  After awhile the gears would start
leaving brass schaving in the bottom of the rack.  Time to order new gears.

Richard Spargur