Yo! Blake:
Friday September 13 1996 10:51, Blake Bowers wrote to GARY WESTFALL:
 GW>> Before having computer controlled SW scanning radios, I did it the
 GW>> old fashioned way;  hours and hours of turning the dial on an R-390.
 BB> But, the 390 was/is still heaven.  Got to love that old thing.
 BB> Collins mechanical filters.......
Gawd........!!  I used to repair R-390's in the Navy back in 1963. 
Clunkerville City, those beasts were.  I just "loved" lugging the damn things 
from one end of the ship to another.  Repairing 'em wasn't a lot of fun 
either.
Electromechanical nightmares......... good receivers, though.  :-(
I really liked the R-1051 that replaced the R-390....all solid-state and a 
lot lighter in weight.  Required a lot less maintenance, too.
Bill Cheek | Internet: bcheek@cts.com | Compu$erve: 74107,1176
Windows 95 Juggernaut Team | Microsoft MVP
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