[TMC] Why ?

[Jim Haynes]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2014, Richard Knoppow wrote:
> to say what. For instance, the GPR-90, which is, frankly, only a medium-good 
> receiver, is one of the best looking and feeling ever.
>
Yes, I have a friend who recently acquired one (ran on to a barn full
of radio gear for sale by the widow of the late owner).  He thinks quite
highly of it, says it is very stable (big contrast to SP-600, in my
experience) and it worked right away with no serious repair work. (believe
he said ceramic rather than paper capacitors)  He thinks they copied the 
best ideas from Hallicrafters, National and Hammarlund.  Of course it 
isn't a modern SSB capable receiver, nor even a Collins tunable-IF
architecture.