[R-390] FS: FRR-33 Component Units

[Michael, W1RC]

Good Morning All:

I have decided to part with some of the wonderful stuff it has been 
my privilege to have in my possession for several years.  I have 
decided that I am never going to do anything with them and rather 
than have them languish here any longer it is better to pass them on 
to someone who will use and enjoy them.  These three pieces are very 
hard to find in one place.  I would like to offer them to the list 
members of the R-390, Boatanchors, Collins and Milsurplus mail 
reflectors before offering them to the general community.

This offering consists of three pieces, all manufactured by Collins Radio:

CU-286/FRR33 Coupler
KY-82/FRR Keyer
C-1012/FRR Coupler-Monitor

Sorry, I will not split them up and sell the pieces separately unless 
three people want the individual pieces at one time

I do not have the interconnecting cables but the connectors are 
commonly used and easily found.  The units seem complete with all 
covers, meters and tubes (except the 26Z5W rectifiers used in the 
KY-82 that have been "borrowed".

I would very much prefer not to have to ship these units.  They are 
on the heavy side ( CU-286 37 pounds, KY-82 42 pounds and C-1012 22 
pounds unpacked).  I can deliver them to NEAR-Fest IX at Deerfield NH 
on April 29th.  However I will ship provided the buyer pays ALL 
attendant shipping costs which should be around $100-$150.

I am asking $1,000.00 for the three pieces.

So what is this stuff?  It was designed for the R-391 autotune 
receiver but works manually with the R-390 and R-390A 
receivers.  This equipment, along with two (or three) receivers will 
provide for a dual diversity receiving system using two antennas, one 
vertically polarized and the other horizontally polarized.  The 
system selects the receiver having the strongest signal.

73,

Michael, W1RC

PS: Here are the descriptions as found by running a GOOGLE search:


AN/FRR-33

Radio Receiving set, HF, 0.5-32 MHz in 32 bands. An autotune 
mechanism provides 8 preset channels which can be selected by local 
or remote control, using a telephone dialing system, Used for point 
to point RTTY comm, Provides dual-diversity reception, Requires 
rhombic or other suitable HF antennas positioned for space diversity, 
115/230 vac 48-60 Hz, 1475 watts, Major components: 2 ea R-391, Gross 
weight: 1146 lbs, vol 53 cu ft. TO: 31R2-2FRR33, 31R-1-8.

CU-286/FRR-33

The  CU-286/FRR-33 antenna coupler is used in the 
AN/FRR-33  communications system.  It covers 500kHz-32MHz in 6 
bands.  It contains two identical gang tuned amplified pre-selectors 
that are similar to the R-390(*)/URR RF deck.  The front panel has 
one knob for tuning and one knob for band selection.  It has four 
inputs for antennas and two outputs for receivers.  The unit does not 
support remote operation.  The unit has twin-axial antenna connectors.