[AMRadio] SP200/BC1004

[Todd, KA1KAQ]

On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:47 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo at gmail.com> wrote:

> someone at one time had a black painted set that probably looked like
> hell and came up with a creative way to make seem exotic in a sales
> pitch to a sucker and a new legend was born.  ask any didybop if he
> ever saw racks of black 390s at any field station.
>

That was definitely the case with one guy out in the midwest who was trying
to pass them off as the real deal a couple years back. Think his name
was/is Jan. A page of fluff and hype which always seems to work on at least
a few.

There were no doubt some black paneled radios in the 50s. Recently saw a
nice R-388 on ebay with a signal corp red stamp on its black panel. But the
nonsense about 'black panels for black agencies' is just that.

Not that any of this actually matters in the bigger picture. The history is
always interesting, though.

Off to join K4HX & W3JN in Richmond for FrostFest tomorrow. Setting up
today, hope to see some of you there. We'll be at table H-0172.

~ Todd/KAQ