"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote in message
news:SJKld.16037


You know, Brian, I can't "read" the frequency down to 10 Hz, but the lack
of synth noise really helps - that's another advantage of the old toob
radios,
also. I really have GOT to get my R390A recapped, aligned, lubed, and
repainted. THAT is a real radio! I'm also going to start looking for a
'390
(non-"A" type) next year. I have a friend, an old broadcast engineer, who
lives in Kansas, near Manhattan, KS, and I've spent some time listening to
his ex-NASA R-390. The audio is so sweet, and it's an incredibly
sensitive
receiver.


Yep. I've had a couple R-390s myself. You can wear your arm out tunning them
but a properly working R-390 is the quitest radio ever built. I would have
to argue they were the best tube radio ever built.


Of course, I am planning on building an Elecraft K2 this Winter;
I'm just not sure where I'll get the TIME for all of this!

Those look like cool kits. If I was a ham, I would be tempted.

But, as to the Frog, you bet - the "D" cell compartment is in good shape,
and if I leave the dial lights off and wear headphones (instead of using
the
speaker), I can get a couple of days' continuous use out of the rig. I am
thinking again about going on a "mini DXpedition" on Lake Pepin (Maybe
in Lake City), if I can find decent lodgings that will allow a wire
antenna
of
100 feet or so.

That would be good. Are you in any clubes around here? I was thinking of
joining the MDXC? I got the ap.


--
73 and good DXing.
Brian
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A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire!
Zumbrota, Southern MN
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