[R-390] Radio on eBay

[Steve Hobensack]

Recalling the prices for the R-390, I too remember the high prices for those receivers back in the early '70s. I got out of the Navy in November '70 as a ditty chaser. I always wanted one, but was turned away by the prices. Then for some reason in the '80s the prices dropped to about 100 to 300 bucks depending on condition at hamfests. I picked up three of them in the 1980s. I'm glad I got them in the '80s, as the prices started to slowly but surely climb back up in the '90s. 

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  Brings back bad memories from back in the early '70s:I had just discovered R-390As based on an article in CQ magazine, and I really lusted after one to replace my BC-779. They were being offered from the surplus dealers at that time for $795 up to $2000, but I found that DOD was occasionally offering some in their monthly auctions. So I bid on a lot of three, after calling the depot and asking about condition and completeness- "yep, looks like it's all there". So I won the bid for $900, mailed off my payment, and drove to Virginia to pick up my treasures.Imagine my shock to find three chassis, empty of all modules! I left them there, took, some photos to document the condition, and filed a complaint with the agency, which eventually refunded my money- whew!Having been burned once, I went and paid about $700 for a nice radio and cabinet from one of the dealers.Now if I had just held onto all those CV-591As I bought for $30 each...Ed

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