[R-390] shortwave start

[Cecil Acuff]

That's funny Frank...

It's like an AA meeting....Except it's radio's....RA...Radiohaulics 
Anonymous...:-)

I'm all in....

Cecil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <frankshughes at aim.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 5:36 PM
Subject: [R-390] shortwave start


>
> Hi,
> I started SWL when in the Army in the 1960's.
> Bought some kind of SONY World band shortwave receiver in the PX.
> It did not survive long in the environment.
>
>
> About 5 years ago (for some unknown reason) I wanted to see what was 
> available for casual SWL,
> and bought a SONY  ICF-SW07 shortwave receiver w/ loop antenna.
>
> After using it for a while, I wanted to know what
> signals were out there that the little SONY was missing.
>
>
> Googlling blindly for "best sensitivity hf receiver" had some Collins 
> R-390 and R-390A hits.
>
>
> I remembered working for a place long ago that sold Collins Galaxy ACD 
> systems, which were impressive
> to me at the time, so I kept investigating.
>
> After reading about R-390's, and finding so many web sites with such a 
> passion about these
> receivers, I started looking for and bought one...and then another....and 
> then.....
>
>
> So a couple years ago, after putting up a ROHN 25 and an Alpha-Delta DX 
> Ultra for the first
> acquisition (R-390A), I became infected with the urge to transmit, so 
> obtained a General ticket
> and a Yaesu for UHF/VHF/HF.
>
>
> Then I found out that Collins also made transmitters and amplifiers and 
> and and
>
>
> I can stop buying Collins gear ANY TIME I WANT TO.
> I just don't want to, OK?
>
>
> 73
> KJ4OLL
> (needs a larger shack...)
>
>
>
>
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