[R-390] A vs non A

[Ed Tanton]

I once (8-10 years ago) purchased an R390 that was purportedly rebuilt and
in "near-mint" condition from someone I will not name now-just no sense in
it, and I have not seen a post by the person in years. It was as worn-out a
receiver as I have ever seen (many of the gears were so worn they reminded
me of a swaybacked horse!)  and it barely received anything at all it was so
poorly reconditioned/tuned. I figured I'd just eat the loss since I felt it
would be a real mess to try and get a refund.

So there it sat for several years in a back corner of my basement. Enter
this guy in China offering new Chinese Army receivers (tube or solid-state,
your choice) complete with a full complement of spares, tools, etc. (I
figure he had found-or made-a hole in some warehouse somewhere.) He wanted
R390s & R390-As in any condition: and an even trade.

We discussed it briefly and I was BRUTALLY up-front about the condition.
Next thing you know, I crated up my R390 and about $100 USPS postage, off it
went. Wondered if I would hear back.

I did! Several months later, in it came. Exactly as described. I chose the
solid-state unit (the Type 77) because I figured I stood a chance of
replacing a bad transistor/whatever, but had never been able to adequately
communicate with him about whether the tube model tubes all had US/EURO
equivalents.

Pictures at: http://n4xy.com/rcvr_Chinese_Army.html 

P.S. If the story on the web page differs from the above, use the web page
version. I haven't even thought about this in a good while.

Ed Tanton
 
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