[R-390] cy-979 cabinets

[Barry]

Are these the CY-979 or CY-979A cabinets?  I assume there's some differences?  Is the back of the CY-979 configured for the R-390 and the CY-979A configured for the R-390A?  If there are differences, will an R390A fit in the CY-979 (or vice-versa)?

Regards,

Barry - N4BUQ


 On Sun 26/12/10  3:34 PM , "libbysales" libbysales at austin.rr.com sent:
> Readers:  several years ago I had found and offered a small sum of original
> cabinets, that were for the large part still wrapped in those large brown
> sealed bags, these were made in the 1989-1992 ear it seemed ..  those were
> sold and I thought that was the end of them forever..
> But along the way I discovered several things, these came to me direct from
> a DRMO facility, included in some of the pacing materials were original
> inspection and DD-250 reports, these showed who had built the cabinets and
> when they were accepted by the Govt buying activity.  I didn't give it a
> lot of thought at the time,  but did keep the info, later I started making
> calls or trying to find these companies, of the 3 firms one is no longer in
> business and no information is available it seems... the second is still in
> business but has no interest in this project, but did agree to sell me the
> drawing package for the total details to build the cabinets if I so wanted,
> the third company is also still in business, they have 28-32 of the
> cabinets left over from the last order, they regularly over built on orders
> for these cabinets, to allow for shipping damage and such ..  I know this
> fact to be a valid one,  in have found these cabinets over the years don't
> always ship well or at least w/o some damage... this company is also the company that made the
> last production run and their cabinets featured the 'nut plate'  that
> floated..  this allowed the receivers to actually fit into the cabinets far
> better and didn't require you to have to hold your mouth just right to get
> the front panel screws to force fit the front panel into the cabinet, 
> rather it allowed a very good fit and didn't require near the effort to get
> the 8 front panel screws to all align...
> some can see where this is headed,  they are very willing to sell the 32
> odd cabinets to me...  they feel sure they have this authority and will not
> be under any restrictions...  personally I cant see any reason either,  it
> is not like these cabinets ever posed any security risk or threat...
> from my experiences over the past 13 or so years I have hunted these
> cabinets down and such, the packing shipping and such is a good part of the
> cost, this company is not close to me..  I can buy these cabinets for
> 425.00 each shipped to me or 385.00 if I drive up and accept
> delivery...
> I don't know what the market is,  but I will commit to buy the 32 cabinets
> and offer them for sale for $480.00 each... I expect to have them shipped
> to me,  my time and fuel cost would equate to a 4 day trip and fuel plus
> some small trailer rental, so it seems to make better sense for these to
> just be shipped to me, I can pack them and ship them for about 23.00 as I
> recall, that will leave me a very small profit margin but I will have the
> fun and once more experience of finding these and the like and I do enjoy
> these efforts... 
> so this is offer #1  at 480.00 each  I will be able to provide a brand new
> cabinet to you, shipped to your lower 48 address, I am told the data plates
> are BLANK, they have no serial no. stamped into that area... the
> represented thinks they have 6 black cabinets and the rest are gray, in 97'
> I had a few black cabinets, I thought they were pretty much a pig in a sack
> at the time ..  I sent one to Les Locklear and a few to Chuck Ripple ..  as
> I find out these are pretty well sought after ..  but my point it looks
> like this lot might have a handful included..  
> Offer # 2  the company willing to sell the drawing package is wanting
> 2500.00  for the package, they claim the cabinets can be produced by most
> competent shops using these drawings for about a 300.00 each price amount,
> painted and ready for shipping...I don't know this for fact,  they are
> willing to let me have the top level drawing package if I sign an agreement
> and promise to not do things that will try and reverse engineer these
> cabinets,  if I agree to this offer it will allow me to go out and try and
> find a local or nearby shop who can make these at I hope a lower price and
> not have shipping involved, this is all speculation and will require some
> extended time and effort on my part to see if indeed this can be done and
> that the quality is equal or better...  I welcome your comments and such on
> this idea...  
> so we have some options here,  plan # 1 is pretty much a deal I am going to
> do...  if you want to buy one of these or more as I have discovered, last
> time one person bought 6 total... do this, make a deposit of $150.00 to my
> PayPal account :   libb
> ysales at austin.rr.com   I have no problem asking for this,  my
> reputation is good for this,  the effort several years ago was drawn out
> and obstacle filled but I did deliver all but one cabinet to those that had
> made deposits or ordered one ..   to my knowledge everyone was pleased, it
> did take a bit,  but no one got too pissed or such at the length it took ..
> IF you decide you want to not buy or your financial situation changes I
> will be pleased to refund your deposit money 100% no questions asked ...
> that is as good as I can make it for you ..  
> This has gone pretty long, but I know what I am offering, I know what is
> involved, I have a good reputation on these cabinets...
> thank you for the read...  mac/mc  w5mc  
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