[R-390] Mint condition R-390A

[Cecil Acuff]

Excellent pictures...wish we had an event like that here on the coast....

Cecil
K5DL

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> On Aug 12, 2016, at 6:32 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ <ka1kaq at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2016 at 1:01 PM, Lester Veenstra <m0ycm at veenstras.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Great fest at Berryville this year; Y'all come next year.
>> Those high priced units were there to show off the work of Howard Mills,
>> whose restorations of R-388s and R-390s are phenomenal looking.
> 
> I don't think these were Howard's radios, Lester. I saw Howard's R-390 in a
> correct cabinet for $1300 on his table. The two I referenced were in the
> back of a black car on the opposite end of the grounds. One was in what
> looked like a SP-600 cabinet painted black and the other was in one of the
> (I think) new Premier cabinets cranked out in the late 90s. You can see
> them in Nick's photos here, about 2/3rds of the way down the page:
> 
> http://www.virhistory.com/ham/berryville-16.htm
> 
> Howard's radios are pictured above it. The seller had dropped the price
> from $1400 to $1200 by then, probably due to Howard's set being $1300 (and
> a far better deal than the either of other two IMO). You can also see some
> of the others there including the Amelco my buddy ended up buying for $160.
> It's the one with the radioactive meter sticker on front.
> 
> Definitely a lot of good deals there, and perfect wx to boot. I sold my
> spare T-368 RF deck sans exciter and large vacuum variable along with a
> project pair of 75A-2s for $175 and was happy not to take them back home.
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