[Milsurplus] SRR-13 question

[Joseph Pinner]

>I have an FRR-23 (shore version of the SRR-13) which does not seem to have 
>the problems described in the ER artiicle. There is little distortiion in 
>AM signals, and the dial calibration seems pretty accurate.
>
> I believe that the FRR-23s were a contracted for abit later that the 
> SRR-13s. Most all  of them have the mechanical filters that the A version 
> of the SRR-13s have.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Brunner" <brunneraa1p at comcast.net>
> To: "milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 21, 2009 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] SRR-13 question
>
>
>> FWIW, there is a nice writeup on the SRR-13 in Electric Radio, July
>> 1991.  It appears they were rushed into production to meet needs for the
>> Korean war, and have some faults.  The permanently connected noise
>> limiter introduces unacceptable distortion for speech, and there is poor
>> dial accuracy in the SRR-13.  It appears that the original tuning range
>> was 1.5-28 Mc, and was hurriedly changed to 2-32 Mc, without adequate
>> testing.  With a bit of work it's a nice receiver, and I think more
>> kindly of it now.
>