[Premium-Rx] Mason Enginering Model A-2CS ???

[Kevin D. Murray]

Natasha is correct. Unfortunately, Mason has been out of business for=20
years.
She treats every Mason call the same way.

Today we use things like WJ-8607A's in conjunction with spectrum=20
analyzers.
http://www.spybusters.com/RRSA.html

In addition to their line of RF bug detectors, Mason also made=20
telephone analyzers. All of their equipment was well-respected. World=20
governments were their main customers.

Here is a brief and partial listing of their receivers...
A-1 =D2No one ever saw one, made for the Army.=D3
A-2 =D2Made about 800, about one per week over 16 years. All hand made.=20=

(mint condition worth =C51k)
A-2c (with subcarrier option) Zero case, =D2Made =C564 of them.=D3
A-3cy =D2Made about 2 per year. Forget about finding a complete kit.=D3
MPR-1 =D2Made about 2 per year (12-20 total).=D3
MPR-3 Rare
ACM-1 Rare
MPR-4 "May never have been made. Just a mock-up.=D3 *12/11/01 - Saw one=20=

on Ebay with serial #004.
MPR-5 Rare
PACMR-1 made less than 50. Customs has a new one in their TSCM archive.=20=

Never used.


73
Kevin
WB2ZSD

Murray Associates
Eavesdropping Detection and
Counterespionage Consultants


> F.G. Mason radios were popular for spook work.=CA
>
>  Most are very modular, and go together sort of like Lego's presumably=20=

> to make it easier to sneak them in.=CA Otherwise, they're small, and=20=

> almost always include rechargeable batteries and a signal display=20
> unit.=CA
>
>  I imagine today, they'd just use a wideband scanner.=CA
>
>  The address on manuals is local for me.=CA It's a second story in a=20=

> retail strip shopping center in Fairfield CT - most of the other=20
> offices there are for doctors and the like.=CA When I tried calling =
the=20
> phone number a woman with a "Natasha Fatale" (as in Boris and Natasha)=20=

> style voice answered the phone by saying "You have a wrong number."=20
> and hung up before I could say "hello" or ask her to say "Get Moose=20
> and Squirrel!".

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