[R-390] Tools

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 6:51 PM, Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> > On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Roy Morgan <k1lky68 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > The military manuals (at least used to) use the term “bristo wrench”.
>  The original amerrican manufacturer is the Bristol Wrench Company
>
> I was no doubt in error.  I can’t say what the earliest military equipment
> I’ve seen is, but it may be an LM frequency meter.  It may well that it,
> and earlier militarily things, have Bristo set screws and perhaps tools in
> them.
>

You're actually right, Roy. I was just adding additional info. The Bristol
Company produced and at some point bought the Bristo design. For years
there have been a number of collectors and other armchair experts who have
insisted that Bristo was nothing more than a typo in an early Collins
manual that got carried forward.

Of course, there are also people out there who truly believe that there's
such a thing as a radio with nomenclature of R-390 non-A, too.  Some myths
die hard. (o:

Carry on, sir. Just don't eat those panel meters. Or stop to pick up loose
change in a busy intersection.

de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ/4