Hi Les,
No the radio did not come from George The first time I had it, I got it at a
SK estate sale in MA.
John Flood N1JAF
On Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at 08:21:37 PM EDT, Les Locklear
<[email protected]> wrote:
Experimental, you must have been dealing with George Rancourt.
Welcome back!
Les
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From: John Flood via R-390 <[email protected]>
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Sent: 5/20/2026 3:39:29 PM
Subject: [R-390] I'm back AKA R-390(XC-2)/URR
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> Greetings,
> After the stroke i had 3 years ago and selling off all of my R-390,R-
> 390A,R725,and R-
> 392's that I had because the weight exceeded what I was allowed to carry.,.
> one of the radios i sold followed me home from a flea. Forgive me if I asked
> this before, the brain is quite dusty, This unit has a phenolic tag from
> Collins R-390(XC-2)/URR Serial No. 2 Order N. W36-039-SC44552. Does any one
> here know what the XC-2 mod was? The owner had a great laff when I asked him
> about it... He said you should know you sold it to me! I do recall that
> now and told him I must have told you! At least i had the stroke as an
> excuse! Well needless to say with the help of my son. the beastie is now
> inside my shack Now starts a mission to again figure out what's
> so special about this one.
> John Flood N1JAF
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