[TMC] Why GPR-90s Look So Good

[Les Locklear]

It's obvious that engineers from Hammarlund were involved in the cosmetic 
design of the GPR - 90 series.

It's also obvious that someone else had a hand in the electrical and 
mechanical design of that same series.

I have a near mint GPR-90 that looks great and works ok. The mechanical 
stability when attempting to utilize the antenna tuning control shows the 
shortcomings of that particular design feature. It has more warbles and 
birdies that a Drake R7.

I like it, but seldom use it. But, it looks nice sitting on the desk.

Les Locklear

-----Original Message----- 
From: Richard Knoppow
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 1:52 PM
To: John Poulton ; Chris Kepus
Cc: tmc collector's group
Subject: Re: [TMC] Why GPR-90s Look So Good


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Poulton" <jp at cs.unc.edu>
To: "Chris Kepus" <ckepus at comcast.net>
Cc: "tmc collector's group" <TMC at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: [TMC] Why GPR-90s Look So Good


> My thanks also to Woody!  And to the really interesting info about
> "dynamic symmetry" from Richard.
>
     Thank you. I was introduced to Dynamic Symmetry in my
teens as part of my interest in photography. It was widely
adopted by many designers and architects. It has some
relation to the Art Deco and especially the
streamline-modern (or moderne) styles.
     Press-Wireless seems to have built very utilitarian
looking equipment. There may be more resemblance to TMC in
electronic design, I don't know but it may be worth
researching.
     The GPR-90 made me wonder if there was not a former
Hammarlund designer involved. In some ways its reminiscent
of the Super-Pro and HQ series.
     Of course, its the people who count. One thing about
this list and John Polton's collection of TMC material is
that it includes a good deal of biography of the handful of
people who founded TMC and made it run. Over the years I
have become increasingly aware of just how much influence a
small group of people has over the "personality" of even
rather large corporations.


--
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
dickburk at ix.netcom.com

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