[R-390] The rare bears

[Tom M.]

Mac is correct.  Five were made for the LSDs built at Avondale.  LSD 44 Gunston 
Hall was one of the ships.  One can look up the similar ships in the class at 
Avondale.  I spoke with the Avondale purchasing agent at the time of discovery 
and also with a couple of Fowler people.

Tom N5OFF



----- Original Message ----
From: libbysales <libbysales at austin.rr.com>
To: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>; R-390-List <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 6:56:30 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] The rare bears

A correction please  :  your number 2  is in need of additional points...

2.1  5 were built..  not four, there is no doubt on this,  s/n 1,2,3,4 and 5 
have been found and verified ...

2.2  they did serve aboard ships, I have serial number 1 and it came from 
the SJC stash as well at least 2 others ..although I cant prove they did 
serve aboard the express ship they were built for,  it does make logical 
sense that they were a part of the commissioning... Fowler did make them and 
ship them to the Pascagoula or however it is correctly spelled, and they 
were built under order from the ship yard for the 2 ships under construction 
and would therefore be tied at least at the outset to be a part of the 
original fixed ships inventory...

I offer this as fact and confirmed by personal experience...ownership of 
one, reviewing previous ones { Fowler } that have been posted and sold on 
either the eBay medium or Electric Radio

I feel very comfortable in my report and offer it to for inclusion and as 
supplemental information..  mac/mc  w5mc

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From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 6:32 PM
To: "R-390-List" <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [R-390] The rare bears

> Of all those noted, discovered, and owned, this would be what would be
> considered the rare R-390As, from the rarest on:
>
> [I caveat this by saying - 1) I'm human, therefore make mistakes  2)
> there may be more information that I have either NO knowledge of, OR
> have simply forgotten over the last 10 to 12 years of owning and
> restoring these wonderful radios. ]
>
> 1 - The LONE prototype R-390A kept by a Collins team member
>
> 2 - The four that were built in 1984 that never saw the inside of the
> ships that they were built for.
>
> 3/4 - Those specifically built for specialized use, i.e., R-725s and the
> R-1247 built for NASA.
>
> Pretty much the next critters that would qualify would be, (at least in
> "my" estimation), the first 300 to 400 of the actual Collins manufacture
> from the initial 1951 cost reduction contract.
>
> YMMV!
>
> Just my $0.02
>
> Bob - N0DGN
>
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