Looks like the bug has bitten someone else!

Yes, both the R-390 and BC-348 are great radios. Actually you
are just scratching the surface here. There is the R-390A, which uses
mechanical Collins filters, the ART-13 which is a WWII era aircraft
transmitter, R-388 Collins, SP-600, on and on and on until you run out of
money! ;-)

My all time favorite radio for SW listening is the R-390 (non A).
As someone else here said, its got an amazingly low internal noise
level, and a bit better sensitivity then the "A". I also have an FRG-7
which is really a very nice solid state SW receiver for the price.

Get one and fix it up. A BC-348 should be relatively easy to find in
unmolested condition.

Steve W6SSP


William Mutch wrote in message
ell.edu...
Sat PM spent a wonderful couple of hours the the Antique Wireless
Asscn museum in East Bloomfield NY.

I came away with a couple of questions.

I had my hands on an operational R-390 for the first time. Quite
a radio! and I now understand the almost mystic reverence it inspires.
Question is...what contemporary solid state rigs deserve comparision ??
I realize lots of guys will want an oar in the water on this one.

I also fell in love with another radio. This happens from time
to time and mostly I ignore it. It wasn't the most beautiful radio in
the place (arguably the McMurdo Silver Masterpiece) but the rather plane
jane BC-348. What a chassis! and rather a lovely faceplate under the
ugly warpaint. Question is..how much would a guy have to pay to get
close to a reasonably un-murderified, decently operational, youngish BC-
348 *not* in rich collector restored condition ??



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