HI Ed,   
      
   On Tue 2012-Mar-27 13:30, Ed Vance (1:2320/105.1) wrote to TOM WALKER:   
      
   EV> I was onboard several Aircraft Carriers 1960-1962 and there were   
   EV> R-390 receivers in the Radio Room but they weren't in the URR style   
   EV> case.    
      
   I've only seen them rack mounted, standard 19 inch equipment rack, at least   
   the two I've seen, guy had a transmitter   
   mounted in the same rack, along with soem test gear iirc.   
   IN another rack he had a homebrew linear amplifier and its   
   power supply.   
      
   EV> I've never owned any Collins gear, just drooled over it.   
      
   The school for the blind in Vinton, iowa had a kwm-2   
   transceiver for the generals and above to operate.   
      
      
   EV> After I got home another Ham had Collins S Line stuff and I'd help   
   EV> Him calculate the frequency for a 10M Crystal he wanted to order to   
   EV> use in his receiver for OSCAR.   
      
   EV> Also the County Civil Defense Office had S-Line gear, and I got to   
   EV> operate it once in a while.   
      
   Only place I ever got to operate an s-line station, with the matching   
   amplifier was at Methodist HOspital in Des Moines.   
   The hospital club station had that setup, and had rigged up   
   the gimmick on the watt meter so that a blind op who was a   
   hospital employee could operate it since he was an apartment dweller and   
   didn't have his own station.  He'd let me in   
   there every once in awhile to play a bit.  COOL!!!   
   Drooling, a fine station.   
      
      
   Regards,   
              Richard   
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