[Premium-Rx] SR-2090 receivers by Norlin

[Kmec at aol.com]

Hi!
These were used by NSA and other intelligence organizations. they were a  
competitor of Watkins Johnson. I got to clean out the factory on Edsall Road  
after the stockroom had been sold by a local junkman to Toronto Surplus.  I 
 have had about a dozen of these, still have one in the warehouse. LCD 
displays  were always a problem. Nice radios when they are running. I currently 
have the  newer version SR2155 with the FE to 1 GHz which has LEDs displays. 
They got away  from the LCD.
 
I have the manual somewhere but you are right, it is hard to find and about 
 3 inches thick, so would cost a bundle to duplicate. The company went by 
several  names ACL, AstroCommunications Labs, Norlin, Aiken, they were once 
owned by  General Mills. I used to be good friends with a fellow, Ed Turos, 
who was the  6th guy hired at ACL. He shared a lot of history with me.  They 
also  made the GLR-9 receiver, first modular solid state radio (also known 
as the  SR-209) that covered .5 to 7000 MHz in swapable tuners.
Got a bunch of the SR-209 stuff as well. And about 1000 pieces of WJ gear  
stacked up here.... Only time is in short supply.
 
Let me know how your search progresses.
 
Regards, 
Jeff Kruth
WA3ZKR