[R-390] Beautifully Restored R-390 on eBay

[John Lawson]

On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, ToddRoberts2001 at aol.com wrote:

> Saw this new auction listed on eBay of a beautifully restored R-390. Has a
> nice description of what the man did to the radio and a wonderful set of
> close-up pictures. Worth seeing for the pictures alone - I saved all of them. Makes a
> great tutorial on restoring an R-390. 73 - Todd WD4NGG


   Also quite a bit of "Crapola" - read this again:

"Here is a fairly rare opportunity to add a very nice Collins designed 
Motorola built R-390/URR receiver to your collection.  There haven't been 
but a couple of these offered on Ebay in the last few years, one sold by 
me and none in this condition.  This is the nicest R-390/URR I've had the 
pleasure to work on. "


   A "couple" in the last few years...?  O-Kay....

   And y'all can "buy it now" for ONLY $2.5K!

   My 'Umble Opinion is that, yes, it's a nice radio....   but it ain't 
*that* nice.


Cheers

John  KB6SCO
R-390, R-390A, R-388