[R-390] FOWLER MANUAL Update

[wa4aos at aol.com]

 Hello Group,

Many of you have requested copies of my Fowler manual that Les Locklear, one of the worlds leading R 390 series receiver historians, has confirmed  is the real McCoy.  That being a 1985 R 390A, Fowler manual which happens to be in excellent condition. 

So, I have shopped around and found a copying company that can make excellent copies. This manual contains 125 physical pages which is around 250 pages of information. There are 13 HUGE fan foldouts that are 11 x 54 inches and this copy firm has the equipment to scan and print them. This manual has updates that older manuals are not privileged to unless you have the Y2K manual. All 8 x 11 inch pages are being printed on high quality 28 pound paper and the foldouts on high quality 24 pound paper. Not the typical junk most manuals are duplicated on. BTW, this happens to be heavier paper than the 20 pound paper used in the original Fowler manual.

The large foldouts are very good for all of us who don't see as well as we did 20 or 30 years and are excellent to spread out over your workbench as you study, troubleshoot or align your R 390A receiver. 
On a personal note, one of the things that I appreciated was the large print out of the gear assembly. You can follow each part down to the washers without getting crossed eyed as with all of the other drawings I have seen. Oh, and the schematics are ever so easy to follow as well, remember 54 inches 4.5 feet long; did I say HUGE? You don't get prints this large in the Y2K manual or anywhere else that I am aware of. 

I am having the manual faithfully duplicated in high resolution format from front cover to the rear cover and installed in 2 inch comb binders that will allow you to lay the manual on a table and stay put without trying to turn pages as do some binders. The original Fowler binder is not very good lying flat and does tend to flip around.
These are very high quality copies and will be a real asset for any R 390A collector. Each manual will have chapter taps/separators installed  to allow you to flip to the appropriate sections quickly. I am not sparing any cost to have all of these manuals done the way my personal copies will be. Again, this is not going to be dirt cheap but it WILL be exceptionally nice.
I am allowing the R 390A reflector users have a copy at about my cost for about 10 days then I'll sell them on ebay and elsewhere for a small profit meaning a higher cost. 

Please, if you have NOT notified me, do so now. My offer to sell them at about cost will only be for 10 days once I get them back.

I don't have a final cost yet since there were a few variables to work out but I should know tomorrow and will post the cost then. I'll use media mail to ship them out within the US and first class overseas postage elsewhere.

I am investing a lot of money and a fair amount of time to get this done for those who enjoy the 390A as much as I do. I only ask the copies sold here to users of this reflector be used for your own personal use and not duplicated and sold in competition to my sales efforts elsewhere. 

Also bear with me if I don't post tomorrow, I am miserable with a really bad back problem and my wife is having to do all of the leg work. Hopefully, I'll have surgery soon to get moving again. We plan to ship the manuals within 24 hours of received payment.

***** PLEASE READ*******One last thing, I have asked all who are interested to please reply to my other email address, www.glenn at dsmlabs.com  My AOL account is my junk email front door and gets flushed very often. Email directed to my DSM Labs account will get the first manuals, those to the AOL account may be at risk of not getting a copy as quickly.
I am set up for PayPal, checks, MO's or R 390A parts and I'm serious about the parts but, Please, no junk. Personal checks from only US states.  I'll post the PayPal email address once I get the manuals in hand.
  

73,
Glenn