[R-390] Dayton

[Jerry Kincade]

Got back late last night. 1,974.1 miles round trip. My butt will recover by
the weekend, I'm sure.

Did not see one single solitary R-390/R-390A in the flea market, might have
missed one somewhere, but clearly not much there in the boatanchor line. No
SP-600's, no Johnsons with only a couple of overpriced exceptions. A few
Hallicrafters, one fair SX-115 (priced at $2K).
Collins S-lines for sale everywhere you turned, didn't see any of them
selling as of late Sat PM. Many dirty and so-so condition Drake 4-lines,
also not selling. Practically no heavy iron. If you needed a six year old
laptop, cheesy software, or a cell phone cord, however, you were in
business.
Best bargains: late model ex-gov't HP/Tek test equipment, and FT-817's
selling for $499 on a pay now, drop ship Monday basis.

Sorry I missed Barry and the other guys, couldn't find you all. The booth
numbers I had must have been wrong, or maybe I was just lost. 3,000 or so
booths and none of them marked with their booth numbers made things fun.

Inside was great, incredible number of vendors and manufacturers.
Fun trip, now I've seen the other side of the mountain. It was worth it. I
bought a couple of wattmeter slugs and a Bird 500W load, plus some Solder-it
stuff and a sack of used 4-125A's that may or may not be any good. That's
about it.
73, Jerry W5KP