[R-390] That's more like it!!!

Tue, 27 Jan 2004 12:45:32 -0600

Hi Jim, Barry and Group,

        Well that may be the case....but...those guys that were so
knowledgeable and very prolific posters are nowhere to be found now...even
when someone needs a hand.

This list used to be full of general discussions about the history of the
390 series, members experiences while serving in the military using or
maintaining the 390 series.  It was also a defacto second home for the
Hammarlund SP-600 series (I know there is a group for that) which seems to
be for the most part left out of the Hammarlund reflector posts.  They seem
to post more about the 170/180 series with and occasional HQ-150 thrown in
for good measure.

Most R-390x owners were also most naturally SP-600 owners so a lot of
questions and comparisons were fielded.  They also shared a SSB adapter
quite easily...one of Hammarlund manufacture.  Most all of the expertise was
already gathered up here...

All that is gone...(or lurking)

Sure it's a lot quieter and you don't put near as much wear and tear on the
delete key but this group used to have a life of it's own.  A great
Fellowship!

But...all things change I guess!

That's not to say there is not still a great pool of knowledge here...I
think there is...

We have just lost the spirit!

Anyway...off the soap box...

I am in the process of putting back together a "Blue Striper" that I
disassembled 5 years ago for cleaning and recapping.(went off on an R-1051
tare)  So I am sure the groups knowledge base will be put to the test.  When
that is through I have another Motorola to go through and 2 SP-600's to go
through...not to mention the Halli's and an old National 183D.

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Brannigan" <[email protected]>
To: "bw" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 11:43 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] That's more like it!!!

> You overlook the obvious problem.  With the generous help of this
reflector,
> all the R-390's and R-390A's from 2 -3 years ago have been fixed, aligned
> and refurbished.  Until a new guy shows up or something breaks there is
not
> much else to do. Unless you want to follow the other reflectors and start
a
> thread on wiring headphone/microphone plugs.
>
> Jim
>
> > Cecil,
> >
> > I hear you loud and clear! Compared to previous years, this list seems
> > pretty empty. You see this all the time if you look at the stats of
> > other lists. You know, you look at the message volume by month and it
> > shows less than 1 message day, or something similar. You see that it is
> > a list with barely any life at all. It is a shame to see what was the
> > best list on the Internet get neutered down to nothing. We used to have
> > tons of members saying all kinds of neat things around here. Hell, we
> > even had laughs all the time. Most old timers are probably hesitant to
> > post anything, or they found other lists. Kinda odd, but I've noticed
> > that the small pack of whiners who started the original belly aching
> > (and the eventual demolition of this list) have all gone silent too.
> > Maybe they joined other lists and are imposing their
> > "you're-having-too-much-fun" gripes on those guys now.
> >
> > Yeah, I guess I'm complaining but it is really more like missing the
> > good ol' days and wishing they would somehow come back..........
> >
> >
> > the other other Barry
>
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