[R-390] R391

[Nick England]

For what it is worth, R-391 was an Army procurement contract and I haven't
ever seen any photos or heard about them used in Navy service. I think the
R-391 was not normally used outside of the AN/FRR-33 dual diversity system
(for Army HF comms), but that's just a guess. That also fits with the
FRR-33's preselector which would be good for blocking nearby transmitters.

A buddy has a complete FRR-33 set with all the external controller,
preselector, power supply, etc. I'm looking forward to playing with it
whenever he gets around to hooking it all up.
cheers,
Nick K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 8:50 AM, Richard Wojnar <richardwojnar at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I am new here with my first post. In the 60's I was a morse code
> inteceptor in the Army Security Agency stationed in Asmara Ethiopia and
> Vint Hill Farms. I used a R390 exclusively. About twenty years ago I bought
> a R390 from a HAM in Maryland and it sat covered up for years. Well, now I
> am retiring at the end of the year and decided to get back to getting my
> license and getting my radio restored. I got it cleaned up and now find
> that it is a R391. The auto tune version of the R390/A. I took it to Howard
> Mills for restoration and was emailed  a day ago stating that it is
> finished waiting for pickup. Does anyone know who used the R391? Was it the
> Naval Security Group, Army Security Agency, etc? I find that there were
> only about 1450 produced but there is very limited info on the web. Anyone
> use one?
> Thanks,
> Rich
>
> Sent from the IPAD of R. J. Wojnar
>
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