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Gents- I have several old "boatanchors"- a Collins 51J3- otherwise known as R-388-, an R-389, 2 R-390s, 2 R-390As, an R-391, & 2 R-392s, the Jeep version of the R-390. Also have an excellent SP-600, but the one I like the best is "Der Weinerschnitzel", a Rohde & Schwarz EK-07. It dwarfs the 390s in size & weight, & somewhat in performance. I mostly do BCB DXing, & w/ my Kiwa loop, the EK can hear signals the 390s can barely pull out of the soup. Plus, it has that Germanic "Everything's running in oil" smooth as silk feel to it that sadly, 390s just don't have, & being German, its overbuilt by a factor of at least 10. There was an excellent article on these "Uber-radios" in the Jan 2000 issue of "Electric Radio" magazine. Osterman's book calls them the "R-390 of Germany", & that's a correct assessment.-Sandy G.
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