[R-390] back from FROSTFEST and a funny story..

[Jeff Adams]

That's MY Imperial w/ Chuck RIppel's R390 tapes on top of it, and my 
plaid shirt in the background!
It didt sell but had lots of lookers..

73, Jeff  KG4RZM



On 2/6/2012 12:51 AM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:21 AM, Jeff Adams<physicist at cox.net>  wrote:
>> Hi Todd, wish we did a eyeball QSO!
>>
>> Sold the SP600, traded one of the cabinets for a nice R1051B..
> Excellent! Hope you did well with the rest of it.
>
> I sold most of what I brought, including the SP-600 missing its meter
> (which went into a clean, recapped unit I purchased offsite the night
> before for $300).
>
> Bought very little, mainly parts including one of the two remaining
> ART-13 dynamotor connectors I need, for $1 out of a box of junk. Also
> toted away an old tube CB for $20. When one of the elitist types
> scoffed at it, I just told him that I never blamed any radio service
> for what some of the idiots involved with it have done, otherwise I'd
> have never gotten my ham ticket. I didn't bother to point out the
> Collins 6KHz AM mechanical filter inside. (o:
>
> Nick England posted some photos here, including the Imperial R-390A
> that was there and a few shots of your stuff and mine:
>
> http://www.virhistory.com/ham/rich-12.htm
>
> If you get down to Raleigh in April we can meet up. Apparently
> Charlotte has a big 'fest in March, though I've never been. Shelby and
> NEAR-Fest are probably 5 times or more the size of Frostfest, though
> it sure was packed in there this year. Busiest one I can remember
> since I started attending in 2009.
>
> de Todd/'Boomer'  KA1KAQ/4
>