[R-390] Re: A (very) big project

[Buzz]

My .02,

I disagree.  In a few more years as we tube type collectors die off estate sales
will put more radios into the market then the prices will drop.  The younger
electronic enthusiasts are interested in robotics, wireless control, and uC
controlled devices.  They know little about transistor theory let alone tube
theory and with the Internet, cell phones and FRS who needs amateur radio? These
radios that we appreciate and admire will become oddities at a garage sale or a
museum.

Back in the early 60's I received 2 or 3 trade mags a month and started to read
about integrated circuits with possible applications in uC.  Then one evening I
was sitting in my shack and looked around, then I realized that all my gear was
all tube type equipment.  I decided that the hand writing was on the wall and I
was soon to be a dinosaur.
The next weekend I loaded my station wagon, and my wife's car, with all of the
gear I could, then sold it at the Foothill swap meet for reasonable prices. Sure
enough, it wasn't long before tube gear was for sale all over the place.

I think that a lot of these "collectables" will have the same fate, as the
demand drops, so will the price.

Buzz


On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:25:03 -0800 (PST), you wrote:
> 
>'The supply of these radios is, despite the interest and
>forward-thinking of surplus dealers and the tinkerers, traders
>and preservers among us, drying up.  Evidence the cost of these
>beautiful beasts - even un-restored.  And it's likely that the
>value of our R-390 stock will not be dropping anytime soon.'
>