[Milsurplus] R-108, R-109 and R-110

[Bry Carling]

The AN/GRR-5 That's on eyeball in 1975 was just barely worth firing up... But it was cheap. I bought that thing for 50 dollars From a guy with a peach farm In Middle Tennessee.
 I saw his ad on a card at Electra Distributing on West End Avenue in Nashville. Heck I was 25 with almost no money and was trying to get back into amateur radio. I plugged it into 120v AC and bingo.  Instant reception. No slow tuning, only fast tuning. Very basic RX with ugly bathtub caps,  almost like its ARC5 predecessors!

It got me by for a while and allowed the bug to keep biting until I broke down and bought a Yaesu FT101E that forever changed my window on the world of HF amateur radio.

Bry AF4K


Mike Morrow <kk5f at earthlink.net> wrote:

>Dave asked:
>
>> The "green" receivers, R-108, R-109 and R-110:
>> Any experience with them?   Worth fiddling with?
>
>Of course they are worth fiddling with...what surplus isn't. :-)
>
>It's been years since I last powered up one of these.  I have almost
>all
>components for the 24 different sets (AN/GRC-3 to -8, AN/PRC-16,
>AN/VRC-7
>to -10, -13 to -18, -20 to -23, AN/VRQ-1 to -3, and AN/UIC-1) of the
>AN/GRC-3 series, consisting of various combinations of:
>
>AM-65/GRC
>C-375/VRC
>C-435/GRC
>MT-297 to -300, -327, -652/GR, -673/U
>PP-109, -112, -282, -282, -448/GRC
>R-108 to -110/GRC
>RT-66 to -68, -70*/GRC
>
>I don't think there's a lot of practical value to the operation of any
>of these units today unless you can hook up with others in your area
>that
>are likewise inclined.  But...all of these are beautifully built and
>were world class state of the art after they appeared in the late
>1940s.
>That's worth something!
>
>At least the supplies for the receivers and AM-65 (PP-448 (6v), PP-281
>(12v),
>or PP-282 (24v) are tubeless, ballast-less, synchronous vibrator units
>that are wholly enclosed by the host unit.
>
>The least usable are the sets using the R-108 and RT-66, covering the
>old
>armor band of 20.0 to 27.9 MHz.
>
>You could possibly get bit by the bug for these sets, including the
>associated AN/PRC-6*, -8* to -10*, and -28 portable sets.  I can't wait
>until I hear that you have a full-blown AN/GRC-7...all 250 pounds of
>it.  :-)
>
>Mike / KK5F
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regards,
Bry Carling

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