[R-390] Lots of R390's

[JamesMiller]

Rumor has it that crates of unopened Collins radios were buried in "mass
grave" trenches in Viet Nam during the last months of the war, before we
left the country.  Maybe an archaelogical expedition is in order?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>
To: "Tom Norris" <r390a at bellsouth.net>
Cc: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 3:56 PM
Subject: [R-390] Lots of R390's


> Hi
>
> Well this is all very much third hand information so it may be (and
> probably is) a whole bunch of BS. The story goes that there where a
> significant number of radios (as in thousands) that never went through
> any kind of de-mil process. We simply left them in place. Last time
> they were seen they were in a warehouse or com hut or what ever in
> perfectly fine shape. Forty years later they are not going to still be
> in perfectly good shape, but they would still exist.
>
> We are seeing stuff come out of China that obviously went over there
> before 1948. It's coming out now simply because trade relations are
> opening up.
>
> If the stories are not BS then we eventually should see some 390 stuff
> show up from over there as well as things loosen up.
>
> So the question is, how real are the stories?
>
> Take Care!
>
> Bob Camp
> KB8TQ
>
>
>
> On Jul 10, 2004, at 12:52 PM, Tom Norris wrote:
>
> > Probably like a lot of things that "came back" from
> > SE Asia, they were demilled by tossing into the ocean.
> > I suppose if you were good diver, or knew any divers,
> > you could probably come up with as many as you could
> > haul away, as well as jeeps, helicopters, etc.
> >
> > T
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Here's a question for the group - Based on popular legends we left a
> >> *ton* of R390's in south east asia.
> >>
> >> With contacts to that part of the world opening up, has *anybody*
> >> seen any signs of those radios showing up on the market? The storage
> >> conditions probably are not the best, but we certainly store them out
> >> in the rain for years over here. There certainly are a lot of other
> >> interesting radios showing up from dealers in China,  but I have not
> >> seen any R390's.
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