[Milsurplus] The Gas receiver

Sun, 2 Nov 2003 19:53:08 -0500

Correction regarding the  UK R209receiver: it is NOT a functional equivalent
of the GRR-5. It is the receiver which was used in conjunction with the
Wireless Sets 53 (250 W transmitter) and 76 (10 W transmitter) after WW2,
replacing the earlier, wartime R107 and R109 receivers in these systems.
By the  50's these radio installations were superceded by the R210
receiver/C11 transmitter (80 W  AM/CW) combo, which was the functional
equivalent of the
US  R-392/T-195 (GRC-19) receiver-transmitter system. BTW later on there was
an SSB version of the R210/C11 station.

73, Meir WF2U

Landrum, SC

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Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] The Gas receiver

-- There is a UK functional equivalent. I don't know if they were also
intended (or sold as) "gas radios".  It's the R-209, with Mark II and III
versions.  Less than 1/3rd the size of a GRR-5 setup.  Similar frequency
coverage and the later models were multi-voltage.  Trap door to protect the
built in speaker against moisture and maybe concussion as well.  No detent
setup.

-- Even though it has a waterproof, blast-resistant speaker, the GRR-5 sound
quality is decent, whereas the otherwise similar outboard LS-166's (and
others like it), the external speaker for the GRC-106, R-392, and the GRR-5
(among others) sounds downright poor.

 Any thoughts, observations on all that?

Barry