[R-390] R390/R390A really "classified?"

[William J. Neill]

https://knss.radio.com/articles/captured-uss-pueblo-displayed-n-korean-propaganda-prize <https://knss.radio.com/articles/captured-uss-pueblo-displayed-n-korean-propaganda-prize>

And look and the R-1406/BRD-6 receiver used with the BRD-6B receiving set:
http://jproc.ca/ve3fab/brd6.html <http://jproc.ca/ve3fab/brd6.html>

Bill Neill
Conroe, Texas


> On May 26, 2019, at 10:46, <jgedde at optonline.net> <jgedde at optonline.net> wrote:
> 
> I just finished reading a PDF of a redacted, declassified report of the USS Pueblo.  Good stuff!  Looks like the crew didn't do such a great job doing anything more than damaging the exterior faces of the equipment...  There were a number of R390 and R390A's that were unscathed.
> 
> John
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Thomas Chirhart <k4ncgva at gmail.com> 
> Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2019 9:52 AM
> To: jgedde at optonline.net
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> Subject: Re: [R-390] R390/R390A really "classified?"
> 
> John
> Just read the book about the North Koreans taking the USS PUEBLO and search for photos on line about what the CT’s did to the R-390’s onboard before being captured in international waters... emergency destruction - render equipment inoperable...
> 73 Tom K4NCG 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On May 26, 2019, at 6:57 AM, <jgedde at optonline.net> <jgedde at optonline.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Were the R390 and R390A really "classified," or is that a legend?  I 
>> have read in the manuals that they need to be destroyed if they are 
>> left behind so that they can't be used by the enemy, but I'd imagine 
>> that to be the case with any usable equipment left behind.  I have 
>> also seen engineering papers marked as "RESTRICTED" with the word 
>> crossed out.  If they were classified, when did they become declassified?  Curious about that.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> I'd also love to hear R390/A stories from those of you that used 
>> and/or service them during wartime.  Again, curious.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 73's,
>> 
>> John
>> 
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