[Milsurplus] GRC-109A

[Bry Carling]

Oh this one is simple, Hue. They used tubes because they knew that hams in 2011 
would enjoy getting hold of these old tube receivers SO much more! 

Perhaps they were even thinking of EMP way back then too!

On 13 Sep 2011 at 22:44, Hue Miller wrote:
 
> GRC-109A: in 1969, WHY didn't they use a solid state receiver????
> Would
> not have been that difficult to reengineer, and receiver could have
> been
> left on for monitoring much longer.
> -Hue Miller