Dear Walt:
As I remember, and this was a long time ago, the 916's unknown port
was less convenient to use than was the case with the 1606. As several
have pointed out, one needs a competent detector.
For VHF/UHF work, GR had an "admittance" bridge that worked very
well. Used one to tune a 400 MHz feed (of an 85 foot dish) so that the
feed was resonant at two frequency bands 60 MHz apart (30 MHz IF strip).
Thanks for the memories.

A correction to what I wrote: I have a CIA-HF from AEA, not a VIA.

73 Mac N8TT

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J. Mc Laughlin - Michigan USA
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"Walter Maxwell" wrote in message
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On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:18:23 -0400, "J. McLaughlin"
wrote:
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As Roy, and others, have said: when you need a GR, you need a
GR.
Before I bought a 1606, I was once loaned the 900 something
predecessor
to the 1606. This instrument is inside of a small, copper lined
suitcase and the particular instrument had been used by the military
since about WW2. The outside showed use. It was spot on with my
standards and, when I opened up the case, the insides were still
bright
and shinny. GR made quality instruments.
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73, Mac N8TT

Hi Mac,

The predecessor to the GR-1606A was the GR-916A, which was the
cadillac of
professional bridges prior to the GR-1606A, which came out in 1955. I
used the
916A to adjust the tower resistance of WCEN, 1150 kHz, the station I
engineered
and built in 1948. The National HRO receiver was used as the detector.

Walt, W2DU