On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:30:43 GMT, "Carter, K8VT"
wrote:

Motorola Ain't Collins wrote:
I tell you who got burned - whoever paid $1995.00 for the R-390a 2 or 3
weeks ago. Tag line said it was "Collins Original" but the nameplate
on the front of the radio said MOTOROLA. The pics are gone now but I
noticed this before the radio sold.

I'd like to be a fly on the wall when the buyer saw that his "COLLINS"
R-390a was really a MOTOROLA.

The pics are gone now but the link was
http://cgi.ebay.com/Collins-R-390A-M...QQcmdZViewItem


Well, before you get too concerned, you have to realize that although
the radio was "originally" *designed* by Collins (thus making it a
"Collins Original" as stated by the seller) and that Collins did build
many, the gummint let contracts to several other companies to *build*
the radios to Collins specs in later years, including Motorola and
Helena Rubenstein (yes, *that* Helena Rubenstein). However, technically
speaking, it is still legitimate to refer to the 390 as a "Collins"
radio no matter who built it. As Cuhulin often says, "Look it up".

And it's quite possible to have an R-390A with a Collins Serial # tag
and everything from the front panel back be from a half-dozen
contractors. If you want to have a 4 sure Collins get an R-390.