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March 29th 05, 06:55 AM

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$80,000 Radios? Please tell us more.What was/is so special about $80,000
Radios.What are the special features and performance of such $80,000
Radios? I do not believe ANY radio in the World is worth $80,000 unless
it is made of solid Gold.
cuhulin

Here's one reputed to have cost in that range. It's an Applied
Communications (aka Norlin or Aiken) Sr-2150.

http://users.adelphia.net/~msholden/SR2150Applzoom.jpg

It's a wideband receiver that covers from 20mhz-1200 mhz with no gaps.
It has a signal monitor that uses a plasma display. You can tune to any
signal that turns up on the display very quickly. It weighs about 70
pounds, and it was built by hand. The engineering costs were probably
spread over very few units.

It's also fun to use. (Though the cooling fan scares the heck out of
one of my cats)

I understand they were built for the NSA.