[R-390] Yard sale find

[mikea]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 02:33:39AM +0000, Joe Foley wrote:
> Nah, you can't beat this one!
>
> The guy who called me to remind me to re-new my Amateur Radio license
> got into a conversation with me about radios. He said his station was
> all Solid State and he had no use for tubes. He said he had, not one,
> BUT TWO, R-390's sitting under his bench that he wanted to get rid of
> but they were too heavy for him to move and if I wanted them I'd have
> to carry them out.
>
> Yeah, like I need to finish this story, one sits on the bench, in my
> cabin, the other is in,...... the stash.

It happens. I got three R-390A that way, one from an SWL whose XYL told
him either it went or he did, and two more from an ex-MARS guy who
wanted some garage space. I actually _bought_ my R-390, from Rick Mish,
so it doesn't count towards the free radio census, but I can survive
that. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin