[Milsurplus] Dayton day one

[David Stinson]

> I am not surprised that they are 390 receivers are drying up...

It's less that the supply is "drying up" than the supply is
being wasted.  Unlike perishable things, the number of
 R-390s (or ARC-5s or any other radio) diminish only
with an owner's actions or- more importantly- his inactions.
It's not action; very few people tear them apart anymore.
The supply goes into attics, basements, barns and garages
 where the owner will "get around to it."
And before he "gets around to it,"
the Grim Reaper gets around to him.

Without the occasional defamed, cussed-at
(read "coveted" and "envied") estate-buyer finding
and marketing them, most of the sets would
go to the scrap yard.  Better it go to anyone, anywhere
for any amount than the scrap yard.