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    Silent Key Member 5-25-2015 W1GUH's Avatar
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    Anyone ever get to play with a GPR-92?

    I believe they actually made a few, but they're extremely rare. That'd be a receiver that I might not be able to resist if I saw one.
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    I dunno but has anyone told Black Widow Pat that there is an SX-88 for sale on teh Zeds?

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    Yea, but there were two identical ads for it by different calls. Both of which are banned!
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    Quote Originally Posted by W1GUH View Post
    Yea, but there were two identical ads for it by different calls. Both of which are banned!
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    Got a pic of this radio? The GPR-92.

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    I've seen a couple of GPR-92s that were for sale. One of 'em belonged to a friend of mine and he assured me that I didn't want it, he wasn't thrilled with it apparently?:roll:

    A couple of SX-88 owners assure me of the same thing about those sets, just not what their cracked up to be. It takes a hell of an honest man to admit his SX-88 isn't all that great a performer after forking over all that cash to acquire one.

    It's impossible to beat a R-390/R-390A or a Rohde & Schwarz EK-07 in RF lab test specs for the boatanchor family of tube receivers.

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    Click pic to enlarge...

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    Quote Originally Posted by WØTKX View Post
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    Yeah, looks like my SP600J. That's one hell of a band cruiser too.

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    I've been told the GPR-92 was designed for a specific military system and not so much as a general use HF receiver???

    It does have the 3 rear panel oscillator inputs meant to be used with single source oscillators for 2+ receivers. That definitely pegs it as at least a basic diversity receiver system component.

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