[R-390] Faux Spook R390A 282314863791

[Pete Lancashire]

That piece of crap ..

On Thu, Jan 12, 2017 at 3:03 PM, Tisha Hayes <tisha.hayes at gmail.com> wrote:
> *Actually he should of said "since anodized surfaces are insulating in
> nature this radio was capable of being used on a B2 stealth bomber"*
>
> *-or-*
>
> *"in the cold environments of outer space the astronauts on Apollo 17
> huddled around this particular radio to keep from freezing."*
>
> The sum total of every possible mod in Y2K R 3.0 and the supplemental
> guidance just makes the radio in to a better performer. Nothing that is
> super-magical in this day... But in it's day in the 50's and 60's it was a
> very solid performer that played a very important role in reliable
> communications to far away places.
>
> There are more things you "could" do to the radio but then you begin to
> really drift far away from what it was (like a synthesizer instead of
> crystal oscillators) or true SSB capability without the CV-591A. Some have
> even suggested heresy by wanting to pop a transistor in the place of every
> tube socket (more like the R-392 crowd).
>
> I sinned by changing out the mechanical filters for ceramics, adding the
> squelch facility, roofing filter and making audio mods. To a purist I
> should be dragged through the streets for such evil deeds.
>
> But it is all fun, I have taken it as far as I want to mod it, now it is
> just a performer in the circus of radios.
>
>
> *Ms. Tisha Hayes, AA4HA*
>
>
>
> *A sweet romance is not for meI need electricityIf you wanna make me
> flipHit me with a micro chip*
>
>
> *I'll be a diode, cathode, electrodeOverload, generator, oscillatorMake a
> circuit with me*
> *-- The Polecats*
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