[R-390] Fair Radio Report

[ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com]

In a message dated 10/28/2005 9:52:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
r390a.urr at gmail.com writes:
Gary said they were going to stop advertising 'checked' R-390As
because they are about six sets behind already and they have reached
the limit of usable modules to make a complete receiver.  He's the
only tech there and he just works part time so it's hard to keep up
with demand.  I see from their web page that they have taken this
step.  In fact, they are not even listing 'repairable' receivers at
all.

Thanks for the report Dave. Well that is a milestone of sorts to hear that 
Fair Radio has finally run out of 'checked' or even 'used, repairable' R-390A's. 
The R-390A was one of their featured items it seems for almost as long as I 
can remember, I would guess for at least the last 15 years or more. I remember 
reports of them having R-390A's stacked from the floor to the ceiling of their 
original warehouse, so they must have sold hundreds of them over the years. 
It may open up more R-390A parts for sale if they are not trying to save 
certain parts to build complete receivers with. One thing about Fair Radio is they 
always know how to pack heavy items safely including transformers. They use 
cardboard and newspaper and heavy boxes and seem to know how to do it right. Like 
Dave mentions it is always worth asking Fair Radio about something not listed 
in their website or catalog. They have bits and pieces of other radios like 
the R-388 so if you need something just ask. 73 Todd WD4NGG.