[Milsurplus] Dayton day one

[Bry Carling AF4K]

Actually I expect quite a large number of them were smashed and disposed of by the govt 
after they foolishly changed policy a few decades ago.

On 16 May 2015 at 10:43, David Stinson wrote:

> 
> > 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.
> 
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