Depends on what you call pretty.  I had a 6 foot rack frame with ball
casters Put next to fire place for holding the r390 as tektronics 515 5
inch scope and a few other things Ah a Telefunken portable stereo /r/r
and it fit into an alcove just next to the fire place.  I used the radio
on broadcast bands and Sw broadcast as well.  The Telfunken was more for
show as was the scope and yes the radio was sensitive selective and rock
steady especially if you left the crystal ovens on.  I typically left
the radio on all the time and turn down the rf gain or af gain when not
in use.  External audio filtering would really help but I did not have
any digital filters in those days.  


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-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 5:09 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Not RE: Old Heath Gear

I haven't ever seen one of those kiddos, but would like to have.  My
understanding was that they were very sensitive and selective; a friend
of mine used to rave about his all of the time.  I seem to remember that
they required pretty furniture, though...

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 09:56 AM 12/3/2007 -0700, you wrote:
>Speaking of old radios, What about the r390a receivers?  I never did 
>run one with the solid State product detector mod but it did wonders on

>the one I did use at a fellow ham's home.  I used mine as a shack 
>warmer at times as well.  I had a 3 foot cube rack cabinet I put the 
>radio in which I had put ball casters on and could move it with ease
when needed.
>The top had a hinged lid so I could slip the top chassis cover off if 
>needed and access the top of the radio.  This was rarely needed as this

>thing was stable and rock steady. =20
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve
>Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 9:04 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Old Heath Gear
>
>I figured I had to chime in on this subject.  When I was studying for 
>my Novice back in 1964, I had a Heath GR-91 which I think was a 
>regenerative receiver.=20 When I got my ticket, a local elmer lent me a

>DX-35, which ran 60 watts.
>
>Later that year, as a matter of fact, I remember the date exactly as 
>November 13, 1964, my parents bought me an NC-300 receiver.  That was a

>nice box, but I really didn't appreciate all it could do until ten 
>years later, when a local ham tweaked it up.  I think my folks bought 
>it used, and it really wasn't tuned properly; it did play much better
after that.
>
>When I got my Conditional/General privileges, I upgraded to a 
>Johnson-Viking Invader.  So, I remember the days where you had to spot 
>your signal very well.
>
>Steve, K8SP=20
>
>
>
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