[R-390] John's R 390A article MORE??

[Les Locklear]

On board the U.S.S. Independence CVA-62 during the period 1960 - 1964 there 
was a bunch of R-390A's in radio central. I was a BT (Boiler tender), but 
had a radioman buddy. I would go up topside and listen to armed forces radio 
the BBC and sports from time to time. They always had a radio "down for 
repairs" that was used for listening.

Les Locklear

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population 
believes that professional wrestling is real, but the moon landing was 
faked.
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Ron Kolarik
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:58 PM
To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net ; wa4aos at aol.com
Subject: Re: [R-390] John's R 390A article MORE??

I don't know about the submarines, only time I ever saw one it was
either a Russian we caught on the surface or one of ours we were doing
a transfer to, mail or personnel. Naval aircraft I worked on did not carry
the R390, all channelized comm gear including the HF and no separate
rx/tx. There may have been some carried on more specialized, read "spook",
aircraft but that was above my clearance. I never did see an R390 checked
in to the avionics repair depot either. The time frame was mid '60s. Tons of
R390's in the carrier comm room though, wasn't allowed to play in there :(

Ron
K0IDT
ATR 3 '65-'68


----- Original Message ----- >
> Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 05:31:10 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Glenn Scott <wa4aos at aol.com>
> To: r-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [R-390] John's R 390A article MORE??
> Message-ID: <8D01F6611C11A55-1AA8-2C022 at Webmail-d103.sysops.aol.com>
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Does anyone know if any of these receivers made into submarines? I suspect 
due to the
weight, not many or any made it into aircraft applications other than the 
somewhat
rare R648.
>
> We have covered the technical side of things well but the application side 
> should be important to archive too.
>
> Any thoughts???
>
> 73,
> Glenn WA4AOS
> DSM Labs  (dot com)

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