[R-390] $5000.00 390A????

[rbethman]

Okay.

I can only go by what is in the description on the listing.

The listing individual only entered "so much" info, it becomes hard to 
take it as you have presented it.

As I posted, there was no discussion of the antenna used.

Reference to ALL pertinent information would be beneficial to the 
lister, and for the R-390A community.

There are assumptions being made.  One - that all know of this event.  
Two - that all know of Mr. Rippel's presence.

Still, the value is one perspective of what it "may" be worth.  We have 
seen prices of R-390As from $400 to around $8K?  It will bring what the 
market will allow.

I'm not a historian, nor do I profess to be one.

Bob - N0DGN

On 3/12/2012 11:36 AM, barry williams wrote:
> Wrong. You only have part of the story. The results were indeed
> breathtaking. I remember several magazine accounts of that DXpedition.
> The account is from Chuck Rippel, and I talked to him about it one time.
> Also, he wrote a couple of articles on it. He attended with several well
> known DXers. They used a variety of antennas with some long bevs. They
> set up each of their rigs and then concentrated on their areas of
> interest, sometimes running shifts. The logs were incredible. Hams tend
> to overlook SWLing sometimes. I was into it full tilt boogey for a long
> time. The WJ HF-1000 that was so leaky belonged to a columnist named
> George Zeller. This story is one of those that will always be in radio lore.
>
>
> the other Barry
>