"John Moriarity" wrote in message ...
Two good nominees, IMHO. But if the GPR-90 (which I like, too) is a
candidate,
why not Hammarlund's more modern HQ-1XX series of receivers (HQ-145, -170,
and
-180)? The layout is pretty similar.

If you've ever seen a GPR-90 in person, you wouldn't
have to ask. It is MIL-SPEC in construction, the
Hammarlunds are *definitely* not (although I do like
some of them, mainly the ones without the cheap
clock).

I, too, vote for the GPR-90, and any HRO other than
the HRO-7 (it, too, looked cheap!).

73, John - K6QQ

I owned a GPR-90 for several years and agree about the build
quality--but we're talking esthetics in this thread, so you're not
allowed to bring up unimportant side issues like quality of
construction, performance, reliability...

So just on appearance/esthetics/ergonomics (what really counts,
right?), I have to say again that the basic look and feel of this
radio is interestingly similar to that of the better Hammarlunds.

Avery W3AVE