On Thursday, September 26, 2013 5:05:31 PM UTC-4, D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 9/26/13 24:03 , Michael Black wrote:

IN looking at pictures for one of those Radio Shack receivers, it looks

quite a bit like what I remember the layout of my Hallicrafters S-120A

junk receiver looked like. I should open that thing and look. But it

made me wonder if we saw the same generic transistor receiver used by

various companies in different cabinets. If nothing else, both

receivers had the circuitry on one board, and the tuned circuits on

another, which can't be good for good design.





DX-160 was made by the late GRE, of Japan. OEM manufacturer for a

number of companies. So, your supposition is likely correct--You did see

the same radio in different packages.



DX-160 wasn't related to S-120A, however. Actually, DX-160 was a

better radio.

Isn't Alinco part of GRE ? Or maybe the other way around. They seem to have one HF receiver currently in production . It is DX-R8 .

On 9/26/13 17:02 , wrote:

Isn't Alinco part of GRE ? Or maybe the other way around. They seem
to have one HF receiver currently in production . It is DX-R8 .



GRE has assumed sales and service for Alinco. But GRE is unable to
manufacture products of its own, due to a Chinese Government action on
the property where the GRE plant was located.


There is an interesting circularity to this thread. Judah's review is
of a DX-160 that I modified, and sold to him.

Truth is, that DX-160 was a fun radio. And from the moment I saw it
in the RS catalog, I wanted one. Took 30 years, but I finally got one.
And at the time it was new, it would have been my best option. WAY to
wide....I mean, the lower sideband started on the radio sitting to its
left. But it was fun. And it was a real radio.