[R-390] R-725 followed me home from Nearfest

[Tom M.]

John,

A "real" R-725 will have a purpose IF deck made by Servo or Arvin (or most
rarely by Motorola) and it will have an extra transformer installed on the
underside.

Check that and post your findings.

73 DE N5OFF
--- John Flood <kb1fqg at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> Right next to where I parked to setup, there was what looked at first to be a
> R-390A.  Of course I had to look and on closer inspection, OOOooo...  a R-390
> IF Deck!!!   Owner said he never noticed it as it was in a rack for years and
> was just pulled out before Nearfest.  That was how he picked it up "ages
> ago".  There is no data tag, just the four little screws.  No printed
> contract info on back like my '67EAC has.  At the time I couldn't remember
> the Part # for this unit but found George R. and he reminded me, R-725.  Had
> I found one right next to the Jeep Liberty?  Last thing I could afford in
> todays economy was another R-390 series radio but the price was good and I
> was feeling adventerous.  A quick series of calls and in the long run I had
> found a new owner for my '67 EAC and am now listening to the ?R-725?. 
> Without tags I guess I'll never know if it is a "Real" R-725 or a homemade
> one.  Is there anything else that would confirm this for me?  It's
>  has a good condition silkscrened panel with meters, one replacement small
> knob.on the Line Gain control,  (Anyone want to part with a real one?)  a
> Collins PTO, single fuse on AC Mains only.  Any comments to confirm real or
> home made will be welcome.
> 
> Also found a great deal on a LS-139/G dual Speaker panel with Jensen speakers
> and transformers still there. The ?R-725? and SP600-JX are playing on it now.
> Only was there Friday and missed the AM dinner sorting out the final details
> of the R-390A trade out for ?R-725? but I think it was worth it!  
> 
> Any other R390 stuff I missed there?
> 
> John Flood
> KB1FQG
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