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George Cornelius[_3_] · July 11th 13, 08:35 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:
On Monday, July 1, 2013 1:49:47 PM UTC-4, wrote:
My restored, aligned GPR-90 is coming home tomorrow - excite to try
the beast on my long wire antenna! Will report later, maybe post a video.

I have owned DX-150s, 160s, Drake R8s, Grundigs, the list goes on and on.
None of those get close to the quality or stability of this GPR-90. Of course,
the thing is so big it is a pain in the ass to locate in the house, but net of
that (maybe I will set it up vertically - would that hurt the tubes in any way?)

Interesting question. This information used to be present in the tube
manuals, some of which, such as the old RCA Receiving Tube Manual, are still
available as reprints. A wild guess would be that it would be the older
tubes, plus the power output tubes, that you would have to worry about.

it is one of if not the best shortwave receiver I have owned. I may keep this
one for a while.

So who made the GPR-90?