[Milsurplus] R-808

[Richard Solomon]

This Receiver is a prime example of Inter-Service rivalry and how
your tax money gets wasted.

The Navy (Marine Corps) wanted an HF Receiver, would they just
use the R-392, no way. They added some requirements and awarded
a contract to develop and produce a new radio.

They had one production run and faded into history.

73 es HNY, Dick, W1KSZ

On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:

> Well, I own an R-808 but I have not yet tried it out.
> I was not thrilled when I read in the manual that to do an alignment, I
> would need to remove
> the RF and IF sections and cable them back into the receiver.
> Also the top band 16-32 MHz has a tuning rate which is not admirable. The
> SRR-13 is
> better in this respect, having it 16-24, 24-32 MHz, but I don't see that
> the SRR-13
> has any better selectivity.
> -Hue Miller
>
>
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