[R-390] Dayton

[WF2U]

Also got back yesterday afternoon, 900 miles round trip.

I counted at least a dozen or so R-390/R-390A (I don't need any more of them
one so I didn't look whether they were A's or non-A's), in various
conditions, from nice to fixer-upper, with prices ranging between $350 and
$800 and a number of R-392's. I also noticed at least 4 SP-600's of various
versions, all looked fairly decent, with $350  to $450 price tags.
One of my friends got a nice Drake TR-4CW with the MS-4 power supply/speaker
for $100. There were quite a few good looking Drake - line equipment some of
them were slightly overpriced,
I bought a nice - inside and out, complete with the tools and dynamotor
inside - Collins R-105/ARR-15 airborne HF receiver (the companion receiver
for the RT-91/ARC-2 transceiver for $70 and a nice Heathkit Apache
transmitter (why do I need a second one?) for $100.
I saw a lot of Collins S-line and A-line equipment, mostly fairly reasonably
priced.
On the other hand, some of the "traditional" boatanchors were high priced,
such as a Johnson 500 for $2500 and the aforementioned SX-115.

Attendance seemed to be down around 1/3 of last year's - maybe the weather?

73, Meir WF2U.