Wally Chambers – SK United States R-390 Manufacturer Historian · Silent Key Wally Chambers was the community’s foremost historian of the R-390 family’s manufacturing history. In a community where most expertise is focused on circuit operation, alignment technique, or restoration…
Al Tirevold, WA0HQQ Silent Key United States Website Administrator · Community Archivist · Silent Key, July 2021 Al Tirevold, WA0HQQ, is one of the most quietly indispensable figures in the modern history of the R-390A community. For years he supported…
Bob Thomas, VE3TOU Godfrey, Ontario, Canada Founder, Treetop Circuits · SSB Adapter Designer · Licensed Amateur Since 1958 Bob Thomas, VE3TOU, is the designer and founder of Treetop Circuits — the small Ontario cottage operation that for thirteen years produced…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Edward Kujawski The Boat Anchor Manual Archive Keeper of the Manuals — bama.edebris.com Every restoration begins with a manual. Before the first capacitor is replaced, before the first alignment is attempted, before power is…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Ted Robinson, K1QAR Fairhaven, Massachusetts Yale Engineer • Collins Restorer • Magnetic Loop Pioneer Ted Robinson brings a rare combination to the R-390A community: a Yale engineering education, more than six decades of amateur…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Paolo Italy La Famiglia 390 — The Complete R-390 Family Reference Paolo brought an international perspective and a scholar’s thoroughness to the R-390 community with “La Famiglia 390” — a comprehensive reference work that…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Jim Thompson, W4THU The Radio Works — Portsmouth, Virginia St. Juliens Creek Eyewitness Jim Thompson’s eyewitness account of the St. Juliens Creek Annex surplus pile stands as one of the most vivid pieces of…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Don Heywood, WC4G South Carolina R-390 Non-A Specialist & Restorer Don Heywood earned his reputation in the R-390 community through deep, practical expertise with the original R-390 — the non-A variant that, while less…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Chuck Teeters, W4MEW Fort Monmouth Nomenclature Tags Historian & R-725/URR Researcher Chuck Teeters brought a historian’s rigor to the R-390A community through two distinctive contributions: his research into the Fort Monmouth nomenclature tag replacement…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Richard Biddle Gear Train Documentation Making the Intimidating Accessible The gear train of the R-390A is one of the most mechanically complex assemblies in any piece of communications equipment ever fielded. Collins’ engineers designed…