[R-390] Pricing Question - First R-390A

[Gary Maples]

Acquired my first R-390A ( a complete Stewart-Warner) in 1973 for $300 
from a local ham.  Sounds cheap today, but on a salary of $10K per year 
with a wife and baby it was a MAJOR  expense.   Much subsequent niceness 
to spouse required.  Saw  my second R-390A under a table at a local 
swapfest in 1996.  A dirty but complete EAC.  Seller wanted $150,  but I 
tried to beat him down to $125.  He wouldn't budget so I walked away 
from the table.   What the heck I figured,  I had one R-390A why would I 
ever need two!   I  guess the boatanchor virus had not totally infected 
my system. 

73,  Gary  W9OAK

Cecil Acuff wrote:

> Well that brings me to my story which I have never told here, of how I 
> got my first R-390A.  I had been looking for one for quite a while...I 
> didn't at that point have any boatanchor radio's...I was active on the 
> ham bands chasing DX on a Yaesu FT-1000D.  (long since gone..sold it 
> and bought my wife a computerized sewing machine...ain't love grand.)
>