[Milsurplus] [Army-Radios] Opinions on comm receivers ?

[Paul Thekan]

The USCG R-460 is a HRO 50R1 in uniform.

On Sun, Jun 1, 2025, 4:29 PM Hue Miller via groups.io <kargo_cult=
msn.com at groups.io> wrote:

> I have a bunch of old classic receivers, all need some restoration. I
> would appreciate your opinion on:
>
> How difficult to work on, restore ?
>
> Fun of operating ?
>
>
>
> Note that i am NOT asking about how wonderful the selectivity, stability
> and so on, is. If i needed the state of art specs, i would acquire a
> machine capable of doing that.
>
> These are hobby type radios.  I am not going to keep all of the radios
> named below.
>
>
>
> SRR-13   I REALLY like the visual freq display ( that i have seen on
> videos )
>
> ARR-41
>
> SX-117  Hallicrafters
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> SX- 146 Hallicrafters
>
>
>
> Also, i have some HROs:  RAS, couple HRO-5s, a German KST and a Japanse
> Chi Ichi.  I do not like the plug in coils that are stored separately.
> The only exception i might make is, i have a USCG R-460.
>
> Is this an HRO-50 or the improved selectivity HRO-50-1  ?
>
> I tend to like it, ‘cuz  “real radios have handles on front” . Honestly,
> that attracts me more than do a couple of the rarer HRO models named above.
>
> Your opinion is valued.
>
> -Hue Miller
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