[R-390] Fowler Industries R-390A on eBay Now

[Mac McCullough]

As I previously stated I did buy Fowler sn. 1 there was no, absolutely no 
doubt, it was genuine,  as well all of it modules,  when you see a Fowler 
and an opportunity to perform a cursory look,  you will or will not have a 
sense if it is genuine,  as for the specific nuances of them,  I have been 
asked to write a feature article about this subject for the upcoming CCA 
SIGNAL news letter,  in that I will identify the numerous points or ways it 
can be identified..

Additionally from the St Julian's haul,  I think there were 2 additional 
fowlers found ,  George Rancourt will know for sure, as well the sn.'s and 
as I recall from the 98-99' era #5 had already been found and was offered 
for sale,  look thru ER in that era, and I think it will appear listed in 
the classifieds, that was VERY early Ebay times and ER was the predominate 
medium for selling and buying  of equipment like this,  the HTYS  was 
waning, if not passé by that time ..  and at the time the #5 was listed, 
none of the others had been identified, at least publicly, and I suspect in 
actuality 'found' there were a lot of radios to go thru from St Julian's, 
many more, if you were expressly looking for a Fowler..

As I mentioned last week when I asked about the current trend in better 
shipping methods for 390's,  I have been away from the 390 subject for 4-5 
years ... but at last count 4 of the 5 had been found or identified,  I will 
add,  on sn. 1 it is original in every module, none were exchanged or mixed 
as was so often the case once the receivers were in the field for a long 
enough period ..   In no. 1's case all were specific Fowler identified..

I had 465 of the St Julian sets,  and I checked each one before sending them 
in batch's of 100 to Phil at Fair Radio,  Phil bought these in lots of 100 
as his sales dictated,  it was my original goal to restore these 
individually,  that was about the second biggest pipe dream I had in my life 
..  As an index point,  I paid 37.50 for a few, 65.00 for most, and in a few 
instances 100.00 for a few,  so averaged in I was at about 60.00 ea.   Now 
that was not the case for ole # 1  believe me..  I paid dear for that one .. 
but it was 1998-99 and we were entering the  "false sense of economic 
euphoria"  era...  so money was  little obstacle... not like now  ...

One question I will leave the reader to ponder, why were 5 built and 
ordered, when only 4 were required, only 2 ships were being constructed... 
Tom M, has pretty well determined why .. but it is an interesting question 
or plausible answer

thanks for the read ..  mac/mc  w5mc

Located 46 miles due North of the Alamo, AND HOME of the 2007 NBA World 
Champions, and 121 miles due South of the Western White House.   see my 
website at  www.collinsandharrisradios.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mac McCullough" <w5mc at austin.rr.com>
To: "Dave Merrill" <r390a.urr at gmail.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Fowler Industries R-390A on eBay Now


>I had FOWLER s/n. 1  I know exactly what is and is not genuine..  several 
>others here do as well ...  BTW  FOWLER s/n 1 did come out of the St. 
>Julian's Creek   STASH  as did several other fowlers ... but they are very 
>identifiable...  mac/mc  w5mc
>
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> Located 46 miles due North of the Alamo, AND HOME of the 2007 NBA World 
> Champions, and 121 miles due South of the Western White House.   see my 
> website at  www.collinsandharrisradios.com
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Fowler Industries R-390A on eBay Now
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>>I wonder why there are no IERC tube shields - the '67 EACs had them.
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>> And how come no power cable or tools on the back panel?
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