[R-390] Belton Report CHAIN SAW SPECIAL

[Glen Galati]

GREAT INFO DON! Too bad the camera was on the jitters. Would have enjoyed
seeing that CHAIN SAW SPECIAL R-390. Did you get pictures of that tractor
show? Those would probably be most interesting for the group to view, just
as a little diversity. Well, the rains are back in the wonderful State of
Washington. Grass is starting to green up again after the longest hot season
on record which I believe was 70 or 71 days. Tacoma is booming with it's new
commuter tram, new convention center going up, new condo's on the
waterfront, lots of casino's, facelifts everywhere.
Surplus electronics seems to be drying up at least here in Washington. We
have a hamfair/swapmeet this weekend at KITSAP FAIRGROUNDS, Silverdale, WA,
just on the outskirts of BREMERTON home of the U.S. Navy Carrier U.S.S. CARL
VINSON.

73,
Glen Galati, KA7BOJ
We'll be closed Saturday 10/11/03 to attend KITSAP ARC HAMFEST.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Reaves W5OR" <w5or@comcast.net>
To: <r-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 8:53 AM
Subject: [R-390] Belton Report


> We have quite a few new members signed up in the last few weeks.
> Welcome to all of you.
>
> Down here in the South, one of the best hamfest/fleamarkets is in
> Belton, Texas in October.  It's a day and a half of pretty intense
> shopping and swapping for test equipment, vintage radios, odd lots of
> electronic flotsam from the Texas electronics industry, and many
> surprises.  I was surprised to find a working HP3586B Selective
> Voltmeter for a quite reasonable price.  The fest is double fun for me
> because on that same weekend is the Texas Early Days Tractor and Engine
> Association show http://www.tedtea.org/, in Temple about 7 miles from
> the Belton site.  So we head over there after the fest winds down and
> spend the last half of the day watching antique tractors, steam engines,
> hit and miss'ers, tractor pulls, and engine startings.  It is big,
> probably 1000 tractors and engines to see.
>
> But back to the fest, I saw a couple of R-390A's, one Teledyne that
> looked fairly good, except wrong meters, and one poor specimen that had
> been chainsawed on the back panel and some kind of weird antenna plug
> grafted onto it.  There was a gaping hole in and around that graft.  I
> should have snapped off a picture, but my camera was malfunctioning.
> Actually, the camera might have refused that shot! $250 was the price
> tag on the chainsaw special. What were they thinking?  Someone said the
> Teledyne was $750.  I hauled down a Motorola R-390 (nonA, for you
> sticklers) just to get passerby's attention to come look over my other
> wares.   Had a number of inquiries on it at $650 but fortunately it
> returned to the roost.  I don't know if the 390A's found new homes or
> who had them - I could never find the owner.
>
> Met a few members of our list. Hi again, fellas, and thanks for the
> kudos.  But let me tell you this list is only as good as what the
> members make it.  I just look over the mail problems, help folks get
> subscribed and unsubcribed, and every now and then take a few of you to
> task for needless noise and way off topic content.  So here we all are.
> 600 plus, all ears, ready to listen to your R-390 questions, comments,
> stories, reports.  It's fall, time to turn on those R-390 room heaters.
> Newcomers, let us hear from you.
>
>
> Don Reaves W5OR
> R-390 list wrangler
> w5or@comcast.net
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