[R-390] Where did Julian Creek receivers come from?

[Glenn Little WB4UIV]

There was a similar group of R390A receivers at DRMO Charleston SC.
These were destroyed even further.
They had a disposal "expert" determine that there was gold in the 
R390A receivers.
All modules were removed from the receivers and an air chisel was 
used to remove all connectors from the receivers.
There was at least 20,000 pounds of these.
These were collected in an outside storage bin until the auction.
A local scrap yard won the bid.
I was able to buy a car full of the parts.
The receivers were loaded by scrap crane into a dump truck.
When the dump truck arrived at the scrap yard, the receivers were 
dumped onto the ground.
These were thrown into 55 gallon drums cut in half, attached to a front loader.
These were hauled to the furnace as fast as they could load them 
where they were melted for the aluminum.
I still salvage parts from the pieces that I got.
There was nothing restorable in the lot.

I wish I knew then what I know now and I would have loaded mostly IF modules.

Another R390A horror story.

73
Glenn
WB4UIV




At 09:39 PM 4/9/2010, Robert Nickels wrote:
>I just checked and the St. Juliens Creek Massacre info is still
>avaialble on the web in case anyone is wondering what we're talking about:
>
>Pics:  http://www.r390a.com/Archived%20Pages/radio_rape.html
>Text:  http://www.radioworks.com/nr390saga.html
>
>13 years ago this coming Sunday...lest we forget...
>
>73, Bob W9RAN
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