[MRCA] Fair Radio Sales has a couple GRC-109 sets…..

[Anthony Clare]

I would try to get one if I did not just buy a couple more TRC-77's.

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Received: Fri, 04 Aug 2023 04:43:40 PM EDT
From: Tim <timsamm at gmail.com>
To: Mister Mike <w1rc at near-fest.com>Cc: "mrcg-west at groups.io"
<mrcg-west at groups.io>, mrca at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [MRCA] Fair Radio Sales has a couple GRC-109 sets…..

Mike said: "They are asking $850 for a set. [Fair] has two sets."

Hi Mike - Thanks...I talked with Phil way back when they first received the
GRC-109's.  He said they had "hundreds" of the sets (I think they came from
Tobyhanna, the Army's '109 overhaul site).  I bought a 4-piece set for
$109.50 in October 1984 and was very glad to get it; it's my *"weekly"*
driver.  He said that only a very few went offshore as he sold them.   (I
subsequently bought a pristine, NOS RS-1/RT-3 transmitter from Fair for
$24.95).

But I really wonder where they all went? I know of 6 people who have a set.
I've never heard a 109 on the air except for deliberate skeds with 3 of
those.  I guess collecting dust in a closet is fine if that's one's
thing....
Both those and the RS-1 are real pieces of still-functional history IMHO...
I think $850 today is a deal....

Tim
N6CC



On Fri, Aug 4, 2023 at 8:12 AM Mister Mike <w1rc at near-fest.com> wrote:

> I was talking with Phil on the phone and me mentioned that he has two
> complete GRC-109 “spy sets” in stock.  They had tons of them back in
the
> 90s but sold out.  He says the sets have the RT-3 transmitter which was the
> “Agency” version of the military T-784 but are complete with the
receiver,
> transmitter and power supply.  They are asking $850 for a set. He has two
> sets.  Last chance to get a real treasure from FRS.
> 73, Michel, W1RC
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