[R-390] Shock mount update

[Paul Staupe]

That brought back some memories Dan,

I also bought a new CY-979A cabinet from Mac in the late 90's, but by the
time he got to me, only the cabinet was available... the ones with shock
mounts and skids were gone.  Sure would have been nice to find four of
these because I used a R-1051 shock mount "table" which sort of looked
goofy.

I've spoken to Mac from time to time, so he's still online.  He's never
told me how he came to own these, but I'm sure glad he did.  I've tried
many cabinets over the years, but there's no comparison to the CY-979/A.
By the way, my Collins R-390 sits in a CY-979/A manufactured by Taffet
Electronics, which I think is the most common version, and my EAC R-390A is
in a nice CY-979/A cabinet from one of the list members manufactured by
Andrews, Inc  Phila PA, a manufacturer that I'm unfamiliar with.  The shock
mounts from Surplus Sales will go on this one, and eventually I'll find or
build some skids too.

73,

Paul W0AD
Minneapolis

On Sun, Dec 1, 2019 at 1:40 PM Dan Martin <pitfit at comcast.net> wrote:

> 
> *“Leave it to Surplus Salesto find a cache of 50 year old mounts!”*
>
> Indeed! Leave it to Mac, W5MC.
>
> A number of years ago, I and many (a few?) others bought NOS (or newly
> manufactured?) CY-979A cabinets w/shock mounts and skids from Mac. A little
> later I bought a 51J-4 cabinet from him - the “real one”, with a hinged lid
> and the appropriately-sized panel cutout on the back.
>
> Both cabinets came wrapped, packaged, and were clearly ”brand new”. Just
> beautiful.
>
> Disclaimer - >not< cheap! I never knew how Mac came by them or where he is
> today. He was a big CCA guy back in the day.
>
> Maybe Locklear, Rippel, or Howard, W5HM, who lives nearby, will know the
> story and provenance of Mac’s “finds” re: R-390A and J-4 cabinets.
>
> Dan
> WB4GRA
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 1, 2019, at 1:30 PM, Paul Staupe <staupe at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Leave it to Surplus Sales
> to find a cache of 50 year old mounts!
>
>