[R-390] what other Collins boatanchor to compliment the R-390A?

[2002tii]

I wrote:

>I concur.  Decide what you want to do (CW, AM, SSB, RTTY, etc.) and
>buy accordingly.  Both Drake and Ten-Tec have made some excellent
>equipment here in the US, and the various Japanese makers have made
>mountains of workable equipment.  For SSB, the Collins ham stuff is great.

Do think about receive bandwidth.  In my view, most Collins ham gear 
has SSB filters that are too wide for current band conditions.  I 
used 3.0 and 2.7 kHz quite happily decades ago, then 2.4 kHz for a 
long time, and now I almost always use 1.8 kHz augmented by passband 
tuning and one or more notch filters.

Best regards,

Don