Saaandyyy!!
 

Merry Christmas to me, Merry Christmas tooo meeeee....

Yeah baby! :banana:

Nice!

Nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:banana:

You've just got too many toys, my friend :D

It's from the 1967 EAC (Hammarlund) contract. All original, all the IERC tube shields are still in place and covered with an even coat of dust. Engraved front panel (not the silkscreened one), and not a mark on the front panel anywhere except for the normal rackmount screw holes.

Got it from a ham who inherited it from his dad, who got it sometime in the early 90's.

First time I laid a finger on one since late '72 at the Augsburg, Germany intercept site.

I've been drooling over these for quite a few years now, and I never thought I'd snag one for a great price, but patience is a virtue!!:thmbsp:

Every function works great, calibrates perfectly. In the pic it's zero-beat on Havana on 6.000 MHz. Not 5.9998, not 6.0002, 6.0000!

Gotta love it!!:D

Notice the pic doesn't show my whole desk.:no:

One of my Sony SW presets is at Radio Havana (good entertainment :D).

It looks great...I'd love to try something like that sometime--very nice!

WOW that's in fantastic condition! :thmbsp:

Congrats my friend.

Sweet.

Snade

Very cool! :thmbsp:

:drool: i sure wish i had one.

The seller made several mistakes:

Listing it during Christmas.
Making it "Local pickup only...No Shipping", so he eliminated 99% of all buyers.
Failing to even dust it before taking his pictures.
Not showing the important aspects that are of most interest to buyers.
Having the top and bottom covers reversed in the pics didn't help.

I figure I got it for roughly half what it should have sold for.

Acquiring this is my push to start thinning the herd, as far as not keeping radios in my collection that are too far down the food chain.

Then, this summer when listening season is over (and golf season starts!) I'll take it to Rick Mish for recapping, tubes, and alignment. He's pretty much got the reputation of being the number one R-390A guy in the world, and he's within driving distance. I can drop it off, go home, and go and pick it up when he's done, and still pay less for gas than shipping this beast would cost.

And zero chance of damage.

You got you a DANDY there...The '67 EAC/Hammarlund sets are about the most coveted, because they're the newest, unless you count the 5-10 that were made in 1984...Yeah, Rick's The Man on these things, ESPECIALLY if he's in driving distance...These puppies are NO FUN atall to wrestle/ship...Our own Terry Dewick is a good R-390A man, too, but shipping would be a bear for you...I'm tellin' you fellas, if you ever want to have something that is considered THE BEST in its category, get an R-390A...They are the SX-1980/G-33K/MC-1.2KWs of their world...

I agree with you about the "seller mistakes".

It would seem that a "local pickup" restriction would just about negate any advantage of selling via eBay. Not much better a market than CL or the local classifieds. :no:

I thought the big advantage of the bay was the huge target audience!

Good for you and Merry Christmas! :thmbsp: