[R-390] Hen's teeth found at Stone Mountain hamfest.

[Jacques Fortin]

Well, Mark,
If you take a look at the serial numbers of the "modules" inside, are they also very, very low, or completely random ?
And if it is really a R-389 of the first batch, the date codes you can find inside (capacitors, crystals, etc) are from 1951 or later ?
I had the attached document about the R-389 in my archives for some time.
Good deal of info within.

73, Jacques, VE2JFE in Montreal

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Envoyé : 3 novembre 2024 10:07
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Objet : Re: [R-390] Hen's teeth found at Stone Mountain hamfest.

Hi

Over the years, I’ve run into folks at hamfests who would supply you with repo tags for pretty much any mil item that Collins ever made. All of them offered custom serial numbers. Some stamped serial numbers right there when you bought it. Others shipped the tag to you after putting the serial number on it “back at the factory”. 

At least the ones I ran into did an amazing job on the tags themselves. Typically the weak point was how well they duplicated the serial numbers (font / size / ….).

Bob

> On Nov 3, 2024, at 9:35 AM, Mark Foltarz via R-390 <r-390 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Yesterday,before the crack of dawn, I picked up a R389 for almost a give away.And unless someone has made reproduction tags, this says serial number 1.
> de WA4AMMark
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