CIR Astro 200, 200A

Object/Artifact

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Radio Alpha

Astro 200: Image: hamandhifi.com
Astro 200

Image: hamandhifi.com

Name/Title

CIR Astro 200, 200A

Description

200 Watt PEP Fully Solid State Frequency Synthesized 80–10 Meter Transceiver

Category

Transceiver, HF

Made/Created

Manufacturer

CIR Industries

Date made

1977 - 1978

Valuations

Value

$995.00

General Notes

Note

QST, Feb 1977, p. 97. QST, Apr 1978, p. 102. (200A) The Astro 200A added to the features found in CIR's Astro 200. It had up/down tuning buttons on the handheld microphone, an improved noise blanker, high SWR protection, and an illuminated meter. The synthesized 200 watt SSB/CW transceiver tuned the 80-10 meter bands in 100 Hz steps. A noise blanker, VOX, and speech processor were built-in.