[Premium-Rx] Super premium WJ-8999 receiver for sale

[Terry O']

It is rare to find a Watkins-Johnson WJ-8999 in private hands. This is 
from an estate. I traded the now deceased owner for its twin about 12 
years ago because it is an awesome and unique radio. DC to 12.4 GHz, a 
high resolution spectrum display 200 MHz wide, twenty IF bandwidths from 
100 Hz to 200 MHz, demodulation of AM, FM and CW, all kinds of inputs 
and outs. The new price was a bit upwards of $250,000.

This radio worked beautifully last time I tried it (pre-Covid). It now 
has a display board problem. It appears to operate based on how the 
screen changes as you work through the menus and options. I chased bad 
tantalums in the one I owned twice while I owned it, finally replacing 
all of them on one board in the DCU before I sold it. This radio (just 
like the one I traded for) is offered as-is. (pictures on request)

I only have a picture of the DCU control unit. The TSU is the same size 
with a blank front panel. Original connecting cables are included. When 
I sold mine about 7 years ago, it was ITAR listed and could not be 
exported. This radio is fully Tempest compliant and in still in demand 
by companies that do Tempest testing.

A digital copy of the full manual will be included (it is not on my 
website because of ITAR restrictions). At the moment, no shipping, but 
delivery to a connection anywhere within 500 miles of Milwaukee, WI is 
possible.
I'm posting it here so hobbyists have a chance at it before it goes into 
the corporate world. This is a rare chance to own the Bugatti Veyron of 
radios and standout from the Ferraris and Lamborghinis of the world.

Contact DK at videoterm.com for details. I am not the seller.