[R-390] [R-390-A FS 40+

[Cecil Acuff]

I bought one from Fair near the end of the pile...a "used repairable" 
untested without meters....$375.  They had no meters at that point in time.

I guess the hundred extra dollars is for inflation....:-)

$2K is hard to swallow...no matter what has been done...especially in this 
economy.  I've been sitting on my pile waiting for the upturn...

Would like to have one of the boxes Hank used to make....I think I'm still 
on his list for one if he ever gets back into that business.

Cecil
K5DL
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shoppa, Tim" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
To: "Francesco Ledda" <frledda at verizon.net>; <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:36 AM
Subject: Re: [R-390] [R-390-A FS 40+


>> The last time I bought a ST. Julians', it was $100.
>
> There's different qualities of stuff out of St. Julians. Some are 
> perfectly fine radios with spray paint on the front. Others are bent up 
> piles of corrosion. I think Hank has done a good job stating where in the 
> spectrum his fall. His prices are similar to what Fair Radio used was 
> asking up until they ran out of radios - meaning not super cheap but fair, 
> and to be honest it sounds like he has a better supply of meters and knobs 
> than Fair Radio has had for a long long time.
>
>> I should have invested my 401K in 390s...........
>
> Let's see, what was the October 1969 QST price for an EAC R-390A? $3K in 
> 1969 dollars? Today you can get restored versions of that radio, literally 
> better than new because they have useful modifications and better lytics, 
> for less than they cost new in 1969. Of course missing out on 40 years use 
> of the radio is a far bigger loss than waiting for the cheap price :).
>
> Tim N3QE
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