Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Cecil Acuff, K5DL Gulfport, Mississippi Long-time Community Contributor Cecil Acuff was a fixture on the R-390 reflector mailing list for more than two decades, contributing practical wisdom on both the R-390A and R-1051 series…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Randy Stout R-390A Spotter’s Guide Identification Reference Pioneer Before the internet made visual identification of R-390A manufacturer variants relatively straightforward, collectors buying at hamfests, surplus sales, and eventually through online auctions faced a recurring…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Floyd Soo, W8RO HI-RES Communications Bringing Restoration to Video Floyd Soo recognized something that the R-390A community needed before most of its members realized it themselves: the knowledge held by the hobby’s most skilled…
Boatanchor Legends — A Tribute Series Larry Haney has been a steadying presence on the R-390 reflector mailing list for decades, contributing practical wisdom on R-390A alignment, troubleshooting, and restoration with the authority of someone who has spent a lifetime…
VK6ADA · r-390a.net · Boatanchor Community Profile Nick England, K4NYW:A Boatanchor Radio Legend The man who built the most comprehensive online archive of U.S. Navy radio communications equipment — and preserved a thousand R-390A engineering drawings for all of us…
Boatanchor Radio Legends Chuck Rippel, WA4HHG The R-390A Restoration Master Chesapeake, Virginia “If you want just one rig in your collection to be right — perhaps beyond your own ability on the ‘390A — you couldn’t do better.” — R-390…
VK6ADA · r-390a.net · Boatanchor Community Profile Perry Sandeen, KM6FQV: A Boat Anchor Radio Legend How one determined editor turned decades of mailing-list wisdom into the most important single reference document the R-390A community has ever produced — and then…
VK6ADA · r-390a.net · Boatanchor Community Profile Dr. Dallas S. Lankford IV:A Boat Anchor Radio Legend Mathematician, master modifier and the man who taught the R-390A to copy SSB Feature Article March 2026 1942 – 2020 At a Glance Born…
VK6ADA · r-390a.net · Boatanchor Community Profile Dr. James A. Moorer:A Boat Anchor Radio Legend How an Academy Award–winning digital audio pioneer became one of the most prolific archivists and restorers of Cold War–era military receivers Feature Article March 2026…
The following table lists the crystal complement for Collins S/Line and KWM-2 equipment. Crystals marked with an asterisk (*) were supplied with the equipment and are not included in the CP-1 Crystal Pack. Crystal (kHz) Operating Frequency (MHz) Part Number…