fs: RACAL RA 1792 HF RECEIVER (ex-GCHQ)

Alexander Peake

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Sep 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/17/97

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Racal RA 1792 HF receiver for sale. _Very_ high spec as attached. This
set originally cost over 8,000 pounds! This is an ex-GCHQ model and like
all government equipment will have been well maintained under a service
contract.

*** 1,250 uk pounds (SW London) email: al...@flay.demon.co.uk ***

Range 150 kHz - 30 MHz

Modes USB/LSB, AM, MCW, CW, FM,

Tuning Continuously tunable synthesiser in 1Hz steps

Freq stability +/-2 in 10^6 from -10 deg C to +55 deg C (TXCO)

BFO Variable by main tuning control +/-8 kHz, synsethsized
in 1 Hz steps.

Stores 100 channels + modes which are scannable.

FULL SPEC ON http://www.flay.demon.co.uk
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KolsterBrandes

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Sep 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/17/97

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In article <V3JsRTAa...@demon.co.uk>, Alexander Peake
<Al...@flay.demon.co.uk> made a loud noise like.......

>Racal RA 1792 HF receiver for sale. _

> *** 1,250 uk pounds (SW London) email: al...@flay.demon.co.uk ***
>
I *know* they are a good RX but you gotta be kidding re the Price!!!

125UKP more like...its over 10 years old!!!!
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philip de cadenet

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Sep 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/18/97

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>I stand to be corrected, but I dont think 125ukp would buy
>*one* of the seven ITT/Collins filters fitted in these RX's (I
>think they are 2-300 quid each) The optional frequency standard
>would set you back about a grand! Telford Electronics were
>recently selling a whole bunch of these RX's for 750 quid each
>*without* the frequency standard and they *all* went in about 5
>weeks.
>
>Someone has made me an offer on the frequency standard alone,
>so if I sell it separately from the RX, then I would repost it
>at around 600 pounds. But as it stands now I think the price
>is about right.
Ok, maybe someone can suggest a fair resale price for a FTS cesium
standard that I have in better than perfect condition?

I won't shock you with the new cost 8 years back but I would like to
dispose of it now and don't wish to be flamed for asking too much!

Phil G4ZOW/M

David deSouza

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Sep 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM9/18/97

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Yeah he HAS to be KIDDING!!

Sheesh maybe he could sell it to some third world army!

In article <ZGnffIAE...@g0mwh.demon.co.uk>, KolsterBrandes
<r...@g0mwh.demon.co.uk> writes

>In article <V3JsRTAa...@demon.co.uk>, Alexander Peake
><Al...@flay.demon.co.uk> made a loud noise like.......
>
>>Racal RA 1792 HF receiver for sale. _
>
>> *** 1,250 uk pounds (SW London) email: al...@flay.demon.co.uk ***
>>
>I *know* they are a good RX but you gotta be kidding re the Price!!!
>
>125UKP more like...its over 10 years old!!!!

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