sctvguy1 wrote:
My dad in the AF later got
me a surplus R-390 from a comm squadron that was scrapping them, and then
I found out what SW/BCB was really like! Unfortunately, it was an
aircraft model, that required a 28 volt power supply to go along with the
radio. When I turned it on, the lights in the house dimmed!

That sounds like an R-392, which is a great radio but different than
the R-390.
--scott

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