[R-390] Fowler R-390A on eBay

[Les Locklear]

Mechanical filters were manufactured by Dittmore-Freimuth, Cosmos Industries built the PTO's. Fowler actually manufactured the various modules, IF decks, etc. It was a cluster from the very beginning, Avondale Shipyards put out bids based on old requirements for the R-390A's. Interesting, as there were still R-390A's in the supply chain, so wires got crossed, Fowler built five of them with a 1984 contract and the rest is history. This was covered in Electric Radio Magazine No. 71 March, 1995 and a follow-up article in No. 78 October 1995. You can obtain these as back issues here:

https://www.ermag.com/index.cfm?v_link=back_issues&v_product_type_name=Back%20Issues

Les Locklear



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Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 4:28 PM
To: Les Locklear
Cc: Nick England; R-390 HF Receiver List
Subject: Re: [R-390] Fowler R-390A on eBay

So I know a little about the Fowler builds during the Reagan administration. I believe Fowler was in Port Jervis, NY. I just don't understand where they got parts like the PTO and the mechanical filters. They couldn't have made them from scratch---any history here?

Roger Gibboni
<http://dulye.com/our-team>
WA3YTM

On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 5:23 PM, Les Locklear <leslocklear at hotmail.com<mailto:leslocklear at hotmail.com>> wrote:
To say the least.

I personally know where 4 of the five produced are. Maybe the missing one is in Spain, I don't know.

No serial number mentioned.

I'll hold off commenting for now...

Les Locklear

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Well, this may be interesting to watch....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262947173419

No connection to seller, etc....
Nick K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com<http://www.navy-radio.com>
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