[Premium-Rx] Russian R-399a HF receiver, info anyone?

[US4IPQ Stan Vorononkov]

Hi, Nico!
I had owned several such receivers during 15 years. It's a good receiver
that is easy to use in scanning mode. I haven't faced such problems but I
think that this element can be easily replaced. In Ukrainian market these
receivers cost 300 to 500 USD.
As for the best Russian receivers...
They all can be classified into generations.
It is reasonable to speak about second, third and fourth.
The receivers of the fifth generation are still very expensive and haven't
got to the ham shacks :)

2. R-155P http://files.radioscanner.ru/uploader/2009/047.jpg
3. R-160P http://r160.qrz.ru/photo/us4lbo_r160.jpg Incredibly popular among
the hams of the former USSR. Can be easily modernized onto the transceiver.
4. Brigantina
http://files.radioscanner.ru/uploader/2011/kopia_p1040308_novij.jpg ,
R-309A http://files.radioscanner.ru/uploader/2008/dsc00463.jpg

http://www.proton.kharkov.ukrtel.net/ It's a web-site of the factory in
Kharkov (Ukraine) which had produced R-399А and now is producing R-309A

-- 
Stan Vorononkov, US4IPQ