Glenn, Now I feel bad... Obviously, though, that gold was "fool's gold," Ha!
I was told in 1970 by a sailor returning from the European theater just after WWII that a lot of equipment got trenched there and that he had to throw electronics overboard the whole way back. (*) He explained to me that this was done to facilitate the re-start of the civilian economy. Otherwise, there would just be too much stuff that people could buy well below the shutdown cost of manufacturers. Apart from the expansion of freedom -- and that most precious freedom of conscience, war is at another level sheer waste. By contrast Stalin had been trenching humans alive (including party loyalists) at such a rate that he demanded to buy from us even bigger bulldozers. We refused to supply them. The Navy is now using XXX Radios. Just think about the future possibilities. (*). Yes, he was a ham. He was practically in tears the whole way, he said. -Fred ------ Original Message ------ Received: Sun, 14 Jun 2026 02:15:05 PM GMT From: Glenn Little WB4UIV via R-390 <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390 IF: Looking for 20-pin socket and plug Before the base closure of Naval base Charleston, DRMO had a mountain of R390s. This was in the gold reclamation era that did not last too long. There was a guy with an air chisel removing these 'gold' connectors from the chassis and modules. With many 55 gallon drums of these connectors, there was no gold. I do not know what the gold colored plating was, but, it was not gold. Gold does not corrode. A local scrap yard bought these R390 receivers and dumped them into a furnace to recover the aluminum. 73 Glenn WB4UIV On 6/12/2026 2:37 PM, Fred Moore via R-390 wrote: > Hi Barry, > > Yes, that one would do. We see it has some environmental corrosion of the > gold. But there's no pitting. I can get that cleaned-up with De-Oxit and > dental brush that looks like a mini test tube cleaning brush. > > Could you let it go? I'm in the ARRL 'call book' under WN9i. > > - Fred > > ------ Original Message ------ > Received: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:59:52 PM GMT > From: n4buq<[email protected]> > To: Barry<[email protected]>Cc: Fred Moore<[email protected]>, R-390 > Mailing List<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [R-390] R-390 IF: Looking for 20-pin socket and plug > > Here’s a picture. > > Thanks, > Barry > >> --------------------------------------------- >> Attachment: image0.jpeg >> MIME Type: image/jpeg >> --------------------------------------------- > ______________________________________________________________ > R-390 mailing list > Home:http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 > Help:http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post:mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by:http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list:http://www.qsl.net/donate.html -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Little ARRL Technical Specialist QCWA LM 28417 Amateur Callsign: [email protected] AMSAT LM 2178 QTH: Goose Creek, SC USA (EM92xx) USSVI, FRA, NRA-LM ARRL TAPR "It is not the class of license that the Amateur holds but the class of the Amateur that holds the license" ______________________________________________________________ R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
