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

[Cecil Acuff]

In defense of the blue stripe radio's...they can be made as good as any with 
the proper restoration work.  A testiment to their build quality..

One done properly can't be told from any of the other hounds out there...

Cecil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Francesco Ledda" <frledda at verizon.net>
To: "Shoppa, Tim" <tshoppa at wmata.com>; "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>; 
<R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:58 AM
Subject: RE: [R-390] [R-390-A FS 40+


> Your numbers are right, but the Blue Stripper units were sold for little
> money.
>
> $450 for a blue stripper seems way too high to me, but it is a free
> market....
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Shoppa, Tim
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:22 AM
> To: Cecil Acuff; R-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [R-390] [R-390-A FS 40+
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>
> K5DL writes:
>> $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...
>
> If $3K was the price in QST in 1969, then $2K for the same radio today,
> what's unreasonable about that?
>
> $3K in 1969 dollars is like $10K or $15K today.
>
> If you think of price as a competition sure I could see you feeling bad by
> paying more than the next guy. But if the radio had $3K in value in 1969
> surely it has at least as much value today (again, modulo the 40 years of
> missed enjoyment of having a 390A!)
>
> I'm sure the Fowler units in 1984 were astronomical in price tag to the
> Navy.
>
> Tim.
>
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