[R-390] Yard sale find

[bavarianradio at comcast.net]

Hello All, I'm right up there with Dennis. I used to work in a shop repairing marine electronics. Across the hall in the engineering dept was this R-390A. It was tuned to the local 50,000 watt standard broadcast station all day long.(a shirt pocket transistor radio would have done the job!) Anyway, I used to go in there after lunch and "fondle" it. I only worked there for a year or so and moved on, but my boss and I are still friends. About 5 years after I left the company they were dissolved and everyone was let go. My ex- boss called me one day and said "get over here, I have something for you" . So I went to his house and there was the 390A with the Army TM on top. Here load this in your car!  Didn't take long to move it!  It' a Collins s/n 501, also contract#14214-PH-51. I have had it since 1988.  73's Ross W1EKG
----- "Dennis Deaton" <wa6acc at verizon.net> wrote:

> Hi Gang,
> 
> I believe I've got you all beat.  I got my R-390A for free.  Mine is
> S/N:
> 433 from the first contract (14214-PH-51).  I first saw this unit when
> I was
> in high school in the Spring of 1963.  The school had acquired it
> through
> some defense department give-away to high school industrial arts
> programs.
> Our electronics teacher had set it up in the school's ham station in
> the
> electronics lab.  It was paired up with a Heathkit DX-40 and VF-1 as a
> CW/AM
> station (talk about an odd couple!).  I went on to college to major in
> engineering while my best friend in school went on to major in
> industrial
> arts.  Later he ended up teaching electronics in our old high school. 
> He
> progressed up through the ranks to become chairman of the IA
> department
> before he retired a couple of years ago.  Back in the late 70's /
> early 80's
> he was told by the school's principal that they were moving and
> down-sizing
> the IA department to a different campus and that he needed to dispose
> of
> nearly all of the equipment.  He called me and asked if I wanted the
> receiver.  It took only about 2 microseconds for me to respond - YES! 
> All I
> had to do was drive down and get it.  So it's been a part of my
> station ever
> since.  I'm in the process of rebuilding it now.  Once complete, I'm
> pairing
> it with a (talk about another odd couple) Johnson Adventurer to make a
> neat
> little CW station.
> 
> Dennis Deaton, WA6ACC
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