[R-390] The rare bears

[Les Locklear]

LOL!!!

I owned an R-725 many years ago, it was an Arvin Industries, Inc. s/n 
95. In actiality it started life as an EAC 67 contract s/n 7857. I 
believe Mort Denison is the present caretaker of that particular unit. 
It did have the mu-metal shield and the 25.2 v power supply. I could see 
a couple of stains where George had sprinkled the holy water on it, or 
maybe it was Art Collins???

Nice receivers, but I'm not a collector, if I don't use 'em regularly, 
they move along and get replaced with another in that never ending 
search for the Holy Grail of receivers. I haven't found it yet, and in 
retirement, the quest has somewhat fizzled along with my get up and 
go.............

Les Locklear
Gulfport, Ms.
DX'ing Since '57








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Flood" <kb1fqg at yahoo.com>
To: "Les Locklear" <leslocklear at cableone.net>; "rbethman" 
<rbethman at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] The rare bears


Oscar, ;-)

Alas the Motorola pre-production units do not have the Mu Metal or the 
bootstrap
power supply. I take it that I must prepay the freight cost too? No holy 
water
but it was hit with a couple of drops of Nearfest rain. Some tell that 
it's
almost as powerful. Well powerful enough to drive through a gortex rain 
suit at
the very least!!!

John





----- Original Message ----
> From: Les Locklear <leslocklear at cableone.net>
> To: John Flood <kb1fqg at yahoo.com>; rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>;
>R-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Wed, February 23, 2011 11:48:17 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] The rare bears
>
> Only if George Rancourt sprinkled some holy water from St. Juliens 
> Creek over
>them..................;-)
>
> But, only two drops would be allowed to touch the Mu Metal shield over 
> the PTO.
>If that shield isn't there, it has to be disposed of at:
>
> Secret Signal Corps Disposal Facility
> 27121 Hwy. 49 North
> Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
>
> Oscar Hammarlund
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Flood" <kb1fqg at yahoo.com>
> To: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2011 10:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] The rare bears
>
>
> Bob,
>
> What about the couple of us who have the pre-production / prototype 
> Motorola
> R-725's? Are we rated a 2.5 on the Bethman scale? :)
>
> John Flood
> KB1FQG
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> > From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
> > To: R-390-List <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Tue, February 22, 2011 7:32:06 PM
> > 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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