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

Thu Jul 19 09:01:41 EDT 2007

Good stuff Mac...only problem is I don't do CCA so I won't see your write 
up.

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mac McCullough" <w5mc at austin.rr.com>
To: "Mac McCullough" <w5mc at austin.rr.com>; "Dave Merrill" 
<r390a.urr at gmail.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 11:47 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] Fowler Industries R-390A on eBay Now

> 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
>>
>>
>>
>> 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: "Dave Merrill" <r390a.urr at gmail.com>
>> To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:25 PM
>> Subject: Re: [R-390] Fowler Industries R-390A on eBay Now
>>
>>
>>>I wonder why there are no IERC tube shields - the '67 EACs had them.
>>>
>>> And how come no power cable or tools on the back panel?
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