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Title: Retro Receiver Review #6 - The KENWOOD QR666
Post by: VK3BVW on May 07, 2016, 0945 UTC

Retro Receiver Review #6 - The KENWOOD QR666

I never knew this receiver was also available in kit form!! Who'd have thunk it??!!

http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/retro-receiver-6-kenwood-qr-666.html (http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2016/04/retro-receiver-6-kenwood-qr-666.html)

73, Rob VK3BVW

Title: Re: Retro Receiver Review #6 - The KENWOOD QR666
Post by: RobRich on May 08, 2016, 0251 UTC

I remeber how the vertical double-drum VFO of the QR reminded me of the later Radio Shack DX-200.

Title: Re: Retro Receiver Review #6 - The KENWOOD QR666
Post by: VK3BVW on May 08, 2016, 0703 UTC

Was there an RX-200??
The next Kenwood model in line after the QR-666 was the R-300 which was almost the same rig except for a few small changes. The Radio Shack DX-200 also had a double barrel display but other parts of the front panel were quite a bit different.

Title: Re: Retro Receiver Review #6 - The KENWOOD QR666
Post by: RobRich on May 08, 2016, 0922 UTC

Typo, but yeah, very different. The DX-200 was a rather basic single-conversion reciever, that IIRC, was supposed to replace the DX-160. Just noting the similar stacked vertical drum VFO layout. ;)