[R-390] Litton Model 1309 Microdial ?

rbethman rbethman at comcast.net
Fri Feb 29 06:36:36 EST 2008


Dave,

The Litton Dial used on R-390As is a THREE digit, two units AND one 
tenth of a unit.  This is the Litton 1309-100.

Is THIS what you are trying to describe?

Bob - N0DGN



K3DX wrote:
> Greetings, All!
>
> At my radio club meeting tonight, a friend handed me a turns-counting 
> dial,
> in the box. It looks an awful lot like the BFO dial on some R390(A)s.
> But it has no reducer. Given that the dial shows 100 units per turn
> (out of a total of 1,000) and that the R390A BFO knob only rotates 
> through
> 180 degrees, how useful would this be? I would get 25 units on either 
> side
> of BFO center frequency. Is this what the "real" counters do on the 
> R390A?
> And why do some R390A's have the BFO counter dial, while others do not?
>
> 73, Dave - K3DX     Delaware's "DX" Station

-- 
Bob Bethman/NØDGN/BC-610/Northern Radio 
SP-600 Manassas, VA - MultiBand Dipoles



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