Do any of you Amateurs and/or DXers have any experience with this receiver? I guess America's foremost DXer and Radio Historian, David Gleason, used to cart his from Cleveland up to Omena during the Summers about the time he worked at WCCW in the 1960s. It weighs something like 90 pounds. Solid State conversions weigh somewhat less.
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Does Anyone Have an R-390 Communications Receiver?
Does Anyone Have an R-390 Communications Receiver?
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Re: Does Anyone Have an R-390 Communications Receiver?
That is sure a well known classic, never had one but Had a Hallicrafters SX101a that was a Massive unit and great performer but limited to the Amateur bands .It outperformed my NEW TS520 Kenwood in 1974.
Re: Does Anyone Have an R-390 Communications Receiver?
I heard that US Servicemen stationed in Ethiopia used to listen to Tiger Baseball on WJR with this receiver and a modest antenna, some kind of fancy loop antenna, not sure of the details.
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Re: Does Anyone Have an R-390 Communications Receiver?
A full wave loop on 760 would need 1322.4 feet of wire.
Re: Does Anyone Have an R-390 Communications Receiver?
K8JD, the US Gov't is good for a quarter mile of wire!