[R-390] new guy

[Cecil Acuff]

Well you have gone and done it now.....

You skipped you flu shot and done gone and caught the Boat Anchor bug....

There is no known cure.  Treatment of the symptoms is to purchase another 
one from time to time and restore them as you find time.  Up side is they do 
sell pretty well and you can finance your new habit.  Forget rehab....I've 
never known anybody to have success with that....there is always a relapse.

Getting your ham license does ease the pain a bit as you can focus on other 
things related but that also opens a whole new door of boat anchor equipment 
that causes flare ups in the fever...

We wish you well...staying plugged into a focus group keeps things somewhat 
under control...

We're the AA of Boat Anchor Radio's....HA!

Happy Thanksgiving...

Cecil Acuff
K5DL
Gulf Coast of MS
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <frankshughes at aim.com>
To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 10:48 AM
Subject: [R-390] new guy


> Hi,
> I'm new to DXing and SW in general. So I'm a few decades late to the 
> party.
>
> Don't have an FCC license, not transmitting at this time, but the couple 
> of HAM's I have recently made friends with
> say I may end up w/ a transmitter someday, I just don't know it yet.
>
> I became interested in? listening to SW for civil emergencies and disaster 
> preparedness.
>
> Bought a Sony ICF-SW07 (Hey, have to start somewhere...) and learned how 
> to use it to navigate the bands.
>
> That gave me the bug, so after a couple of years w/ the Sony, I started 
> Googling around to learn more about
> SW receivers.
>
> I started reading about Collins, as it came up frequently in Google.
> The 390 & "A" model were fascinating!?
> I noted that many people have put in vast effort in documenting everything
> ever known about these.? Why??
>
> So I started reading  all the old HSN newsletters that Google found , and 
> reading the old "Tech Talk",
> and reading all the TM's that have been turned into .pdf's. (I enjoy 
> reading technical manuals - abbynormal, I know)
>
> That did it.
> ?
> Bought an R-390A, 1958 all Motorola rebuilt by Rick Mish. A friend gave me 
> a home-built 10M antenna that I hung between
> a coupe of trees.?
>
> Well, one thing leads to another, so I recently bought a AN/URM-25, 
> HP-410C, HP-5316A freq. counter. (Already had a Tek 2215 scope.)
>
> Bought a pile'o tubes, and Chuck R.'s DVD on how to troubleshoot & repair 
> the R-390A.
>
> I have also discovered that the R-390A will receive radio "signals" if 
> powered on and tuned (when I'm not playing with the test equipment...)
>
> I have a ROHN-25 tower that needs to be put up, and an Alpha Delta 
> DX-ULTRA to hang on it. I also intend to shoot a long-wire over a few of 
> the trees
> so that I have two sources to try.
>
> I want to attend a HAM swap! There have to be some in Florida. I would 
> like to see if I can find some spare filters& related parts.
>
> This is a fun hobby!
> Frank in Florida
>


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