[R-390] RE: GB> Legal China topic

[Steve Hobensack]

The USS Pueblo was captured by the North Koreans during the Winter of 67-68. It was full of R-390s and some KW-37 crypto gear, all captured by the communists. There was no time to destruct. I have read that the units were well scrutinized by the Soviets and Chinese as well. In the case below, there would be no point in reverse engineering as you said.


..73..Steve..N8YE   (ex ditty chaser)

> From: n4xy at earthlink.net
> To: kargo_cult at msn.com; glowbugs at piobaire.mines.uidaho.edu
> Subject: RE: GB> Legal China topic
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:04:09 -0500
>
> As a related point: about 3 years ago I traded a guy in Mainland China an
> R-390 (non-A) I had not been all that thrilled with for the
> description-vs-condition (it was OK, it just was 20-40% less than I had
> expected. Worked fine, but was quite worn- for example: even the main drive
> worm gear was nearly worn down.) I was scrupulously honest about the
> condition however.
>
> I don't think he minded. He must have had a back door to a Chinese Army
> warehouse, or had gotten an incredible deal on their surplus market. He
> wanted multiple units, and was offering new tube-type and new solid-state HF
> receivers in trade. Maybe they were really planning on reverse-engineering
> them, but I doubt it. The solid-state receiver I receiver I received was a
> bit odd, but good enough that rev.eng. an R-390 was hardly necessary.
(snip)

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