[R-390] Museum Quality R-390 Non-A on the E-Place

[John KA1XC]

Well said Patrick,
but you've got to remember that with a list such as this one there is a huge
amount of hard won expertise.
So when an R-39x Ebay ad appears with a lot of high power adjectives and an
even higher price tag it's no wonder that it becomes open season on making
comments. Tough crowd here! ;^)

Actually there is no requirement that a Museum piece even functions. I just
got back from a Florida trip and on the way back stopped at The Mighty 8th
Air Force (B-17) Museum which is right off I-95 North in Georgia. They had
two BC-348 receivers on display inside; neither were powered up so who knows
if they even worked?

They also have a beautifully restored B-47 SAC bomber outside but I'm sure
it's in no condition to fly!  But it was really cool seeing one up close,
always wanted to see one since reading about the RB-47 Russian flyover
missions described in Bamford's Body of Secrets book. Who knows, maybe there
was even R-648 receiver inside of it. (that's the airborne version of the
R-390A).

John
KA1XC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick" <brookbank@triad.rr.com>
To: <R-390@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 6:57 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Museum Quality R-390 Non-A on the E-Place


Let's no be more papist than the Pope, otherwise he would never be able to
enter the Sistene Chapel on account that the ceiling does not have the
original painting, nor we could enjoy the Statue of Liberty because now it
has modern electrical wiring, go up the Washington Monument because the
elevator is not the same.

Most Museum pieces have been restored and very often improved by the new
restoration techniques that does not disqualify them from being a museum
piece.

If I had a radio museum, I would be glad to display the subject radio - it
looks great, probably better than new - and if some qualifying notes needed
to be added to the display, so be it.

I would be willing to bet that none of the critics of the radio would
believe that any of the items on the Aero Space Museum are in their
original/unaltered condition and that they would perform as they did when in
service.

Let's be more flexible and less critical, enjoy......life is to short .....

Pat