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Reviews For: Collins R388/URR (51J)

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Review Summary For : Collins R388/URR (51J)
Reviews: 12MSRP: 1200-1464
Description:
General coverage receiver used by the US Defense Department
from 1952 until the early 1960's
Product is not in production
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# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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JAMES_BENEDICT_EX_N8FVJ Rating: 2002-11-03
Good receiver. Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Good, not great (R-390, R-390A is great). Earlies 50s design is one of the first to allow anyone to find a frequency. Well designed dial. Receiver is hot up on ten meters and this radio is built like a tank. Of course, no product detector makes riding the RF gain a pain on SSB. Somewhat weaker audio, but I am fussy. I like 10 watt push-pull audio. So, buy it as a very good AM radio.
W7ITC Rating: 2002-08-15
Great receiver Time Owned: more than 12 months.
You hear so much about the 75A's but not much
about the 51J's or in this cause the R388/URR
(51J3) These are excellent receivers a well
tweaked radio can keep up with modern solid state
receivers. The radio does not use any hard to
get tubes, and it is very easy to maintain in
peek condition. I have several MilSpec receivers
including the storied R390A/URR. The R388 is my hands down favorite. It's only short coming is it
does not have a product detector so SSB reception
operator intensive. I do have an ELDICO SBA-1
SSB adapter when I retune it for the R388's IF output frequency it SSB reception is vastly improved. Take a look at this radio you will like
it.