Jim wrote:
Jim wrote:
I bought them just so I could say I had owned them, and sold them both
after about 6 months.**This*was*about*15*years*ago.***Every*"rad io
owner/collector" should own one or the other at some point, just to
see one in action.***They*are*marvels*of*mechanical*complexit y,*but*no
match for even a $150 portable.***My*Radio*Shack*DX-440*is*a*better
radio.

When the R-390 and -390A are up to snuff, they're in that top 1 percent --
in performance -- of the world's receivers of any era.**Regrettably,*not
many people today have the knowledge and inclination to bring them up to
"depot" specifications.**

If your radios were no better than a DX-440, they were sadly in need of
repair/tube replacement/alignment.**

--
John Miller, N4VU, who used to get paid to sit in front a pair of them, but
likes them anyway.**

Receivers, current or past:
Hammarlund HQ-180A
Collins R-390A
RS DX-440
Sangean ATS-909
Icom IC-R75
Drake R8