[R-390] Yard sale find

[Tom Norris]

On 9/23/09, at 6:58 AM, mikea wrote:

> 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.

Sounds like me, too.

I ended up with a couple 390's and at least 3 390A's.  (and a WRR-2A)  
It was a "I heard you like tube radios" sort of deal. heehee.    I  
sort of lost count - there were several folks almost throwing radios  
at me 5 or six years ago or so.

(I ducked and was uninjured)

73

Tom NU4G