[R-390] Fair Radio - holy smokes

[Tom Norris]

At 08:43 PM 4/4/2002, you wrote:
>Come-on Guy's- All this talk has started me wanting to rent a car while I'm
>at Dayton for a side trip( Really would like a T-195 to go with the
>R-392's.......)   73's Jon AB9AH

Nothing like staring a T-195 right in the face, its blowers howling like
a rabid ShopVac, tuning up on a freq, letting the autotune work its
magic. And even more fun is the fact it has memory -- now THAT is
a sight to behold. Just set your presets ahead of time, lock your
tuning knobs, and use the channel selector to go to the freq you
want. THAT process is magic and is more than half the fun of
the T-195.

I have a GRC-19 set with mount, also have its replacement the
GRC-106, it works fairly well, still BA'ish, in that there are tubes
in the front end and tubes in the PA. But the -106 is more difficult
to use with its manually tuned amplifier. Yea, it puts out 400 watts,
but dunno if it is worth it, cuz it only does it on one sideband, and
it howls louder than a dozen T-195's to do it. At 400 watts, it
uses a goodly amount of power at 24 volts, quite a bit more than
the T-195, even the T-195B.

Now the newer member of the family is the third generation of this
bunch -- yes, I have all three -- that would be the GRC-193.
This set for those who have nver seen one is basically just
a GRC-104 with an added amp, antenna tuner and audio section.
Click a freq, select 100 or 400 watts, click PTT, let it gyrate, then
it is tuned. It howls like a banshee too, not at all quieter than my
GRC-106, but uses less power than even the T-195.

The good thing about all 3 of them is they will tune about any
antenna you try to load them into. The receiver in the GRC-106
is only so-so, the GRC-193 is much better, but neither can
come close to the R-392 by a mile, at least in my opinion.

Tom KA4RKT

Nahhh, don't like green radios, not at all....
( how could you tell??? )