[R-390] Re: rack full of gear

[William A Kulze]

Man, I'm tellin' ya, if it was for those bumpy curvy parts on the fairer
sex, I'd almost consider an LTR...


> Bill -
>
> I wish I had some pictures to send you for that fair female to see. My
> girlfriend/wife-to-be moved up here last summer from Florida to be
> with me, despite my radio addiction which includes the following:
>
> - receivers in most rooms of the house, including AN/GRR-5 bedside radio
>
> - a museum room upstairs holding old wooden radios, mics, banners, tubes,
> etc
>
> - radioroom on main floor filled with 4-5k lbs of radio gear from
> large Collins transmitters to a Johnson Desk KW, rack with R-390,
> 390A, SP-600, CU-286, boardcast mixing console, numerous receivers and
> transmitters
>
> - 1370 lb broadcast transmitter in the formal dining room (only place it
> fits)
>
> - upstairs VHF room with old Clegg and Drake gear plus ARC-5 and other
> WWII aircraft gear and more
>
> - one room full of books, magazines, radio publications and old tube 2-way
> gear
>
> - a basement with boxes of spares
>
> - a carriage house with more spares including between 3-5000 tubes,
> several homebrew transmitters, and (recent addition) 2300 lb Raytheon
> RA-1000 broadcast transmitter
>
> - more spares stored at family's home in barn including 250TH amp and
> large FAA Wilcox transmitter (1k lbs plus)
>
> Throw in a 55' crank up tower in the side yard and a 60' Forest fire
> lookout tower stored at the family place and...well...your lovely
> young thing would be counting her blessings and maybe even encouraging
> you to get a few more?
>
> Fortunately my girl is a Cold War buff and thoroughly appreciates much
> of the gear - esp. the R-390 stuff.
>
> She didn't even bat an eye when I hauled home a BC-610E two weeks ago
> and set it up in a corner of the front foyer...
>
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ