[R-390] security classification

[Richard W. Solomon]

Herb Gordon was W1IBY. He had a radio store on the property, 
but most of the stuff was very high priced. When he went SK, 
there was a big sale at the store and a lot of stuff went real
cheap. One goody I snagged was a PRO-310. Ugly sukka, but worth 
it's weight in Gold today.

73, Dick, W1KSZ


-----Original Message-----
>From: JBurgwynjr at aol.com
>Sent: Jun 4, 2010 2:24 PM
>To: r-390 at qth.net
>Subject: Re: [R-390] security classification
>
>As a member of the ASA team in the Taiwan facility, I thought the mission  
>was security as well as the equipment but then I guess they both were  not 
>discussed off base nor were the radios taken off base to my  knowledge. That 
>was back in the early 60's. We used 390, 390A,  388, SP-600,  etc. Anyone 
>could have seen that huge antenna  farm which would be a tipoff to radio 
>devices being used. Back at Ft Devens,  Mass they were all over the place. Can't 
>remember the old man that lived on top  of the hill in Ayer or Harvard, 
>Mass. Went to see him one time for a tube  for my ham rig at home off base. 
>Never have seen such a home ham/military store.  Think his name was Herb Gordon. 
>What a home and he must have had 4 or 5 of  whatever radio and part you 
>wanted. But I don't think he was much of a seller. I  got to see him because I 
>rented an apartment from the US Postmistress who knew  him. He had a huge 
>home on a hill overlooking the beautiful country  side and his operating 
>position looked out toward the East from his third  story op room.   I did some 
>operating for the MARS Station at Devens  AA1KBO when I was reassigned to 
>Devens from Taipei. We used a BC610 with a  couple of R-390 .  We were not net 
>control, I think a fellow named Jack ?  was a civilian net controller and 
>may have lived in New York. All of that was a  long time ago....Year or so ago 
>I was going to a hamfest in New England and  decided to go by Ayer to see 
>Ft Devens and it was gone !!!  Kinda sad I  had grown to like it all but the 
>cold winters. And listening to the carry  over on some of the cheap barrack 
>radios from the code of BED from the Bedford,  Mass beacon at their airport. 
>It took me a while to catch on that the Army  wasn't trying to lull me to 
>sleep in the bunk. John Burgwyn   W4WAW    
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