[Milsurplus] GRC-9 facts ?

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Telefunken also made RT-77A's.

Yes, AVCO made cases and covers for Depot overhauls that look different 
from the original style.

In a message dated 11/15/2015 20:35:50 PM Central Standard Time, 
duvallddennis at gmail.com writes: 
> I have Lewyt, Crosley (AVCO) and Teleking receivers and all appear to 
> have the same dial lens.  Curved and protrudes approximately 1/16 inch beyond 
> the surface of the front panel.
> 
> Dennis D.  W7QHO
> Glendale, CA
> 
> *******************
> 
> >On Nov 15, 2015, at 3:17 PM, Hue Miller <kargo_cult at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> >The GRC-9, does it seem to you also that regarding the dial lens and 
> display on the receiver section, there are two varieties;
> >one having the dial lens less thick, and thus easier to look thru at a 
> distance, and that the receivers with the thinner lens
> >have larger numbers on the dial, and thus also easier to read? I haven't 
> systematized the observation as to particular
> >manufacturers.
> >
> >When FAIR got all those GRC-9s some years back, from AVCO, was AVCO 
> manufacturing new cases for overhauled, 1950s
> >manufactured radios?
> >-Hue Miller 

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