[R-390] R-390 Digest, Vol 72, Issue 15

[Bill Beech (NJ7P)]

All,

I am way behind reading this list.  Please excuse this late post, but 
now that I am retired maybe I can keep up!

I was assigned to ASA Field Station Korea 77-78 and 80-84.  In 1977 all 
the 05H positions (MB02's I believe) contained 4 R-390A receivers.  When 
I returned in 1980, they had been replaced with a WJ receiver with 
keypad but without a tuning knob.  Those were quickly replaced by 
another WJ with a tuning knob and keypad.  Those were interesting days.

I have an R-391.  Ignoring the Collins Autotune is the alignment done 
identically to the R-390 (non-A)?

Thanks!

Bill, NJ7P
98G4LKP/CM 71-85

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> Gary,
>
> My Long Beach receiver is inscribed on each sub assembly to keep parts from 
> being swapped into the general mix. I was told it was from the MARS station 
> at long beach.
>  I am sure it has history of its own.
>
> But there were the ones in Phu Bia, on the DMZ in Korea, My R390's with 24 
> volt power supplies in a van. The one's in Okinawa were wonderful. My buddy 
> Klick tells me about R390's in Africa. I feel sorry for about 12 that were 
> weekly disassembled by students in Hale Hall at Ft. Devens.
>
> I knew of other in Shimma Alaska, Germany and Berlin and Turkey.
>
> And you are right the Navy had lots of them. The Marines had a bunch more. 
> I know of other locations that had them.
>
> They were the back bone of long haul signal corps receivers for years. 
> These got paired with transmitters and every military installation of any size 
> had a phone line from a TTY to a receiver some place that carried the daily 
> logistics of the military. I have no idea how many of these receivers there 
> were / are. History, any one of these receivers has history if it did no more 
> than ordered your chow and brought you your orders to go home.</HTML>
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