[R-390] Interesting eBay Item

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It's not the Siemens E310 (a.k.a E366) receiver, which IS the  
"rainbow" receiver.
This is the Telefunken E127KW/5 receiver, which is the military  
version of the E127KW. The coverage starts from 1.5 MHZ.
This is the standard receiver which was used with the Rohde $ Schwartz  
SK010 100 W transmitters (CW, AM and RTTY) in communications vans in  
several NATO armies - similar in mission and use to the US Army GRC-19  
equipment (R-392 receiver and T-195 transmitter with all the ancillary  
RTTY equipment.
I have both the "Rainbow" which is a Merchant Marine shipboard main receiver
and the E127KW/5. They're both nice receivers but the E310 is more  
sophisticated and goes down to 10 KHz.

Mere trivia...

73, Meir WF2U
Landrum, SC


Quoting Cecil Acuff <chacuff at cableone.net>:

> Looks like the Siemons Rainbow Radio....
>
> Neat looking rig...
>
> I think you just undo the thumb screws on the front and slide it out...
>
> Cecil
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Barry" <n4buq at knology.net>
> To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2009 2:29 PM
> Subject: [R-390] Interesting eBay Item
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>
>> I think item number 300297288168 is pretty cool and thought you guys would
>> like to check it out too.  I've never seen one and would
>> really like to have it.  Unfortunately, it doesn't cover the BC band.
>> That would make it particularly desirable to me.
>>
>> Has anyone ever seen one?  I wish he would post some shots of the guts but
>> it looks like the cabinet might not be all that easy to
>> remove (don't know, though).
>>
>> Barry - N4BUQ
>>
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