This radio was discontinued many years ago, nothing new or interesting. It died long time before the ROHS directive would have made it obsolete.
Never seen the RG-99. I understand that it had great audio (according to DTB Radio) and had two audio IC's. But if you look at the underside picture of this chassis, it looks the very same as the Ranger SuperStar JA. No different. Sooo, that means the final would be the MRF-477; unless they pulled it out and put in a 2SC1957 or a 2SC1969. But I doubt that; they would have taken the large heat sink off.It looks very much like the Ranger RG-99, someone needs to see what final is being used in that one.
73
Jeff
Soooo . . . They re-branded it by giving it a new face plate just to sell off the remaining supply.
What a disappointment this radio will be for those who wanted a decent AM radio with echo.
The AM performance from this chassis design is poor at best; and adding echo isn't going to help it out diddly-squat.
Don't buy it!
There is NO WARRANTY FROM THE MFR!
must have found a batch of old echo boards laying around to go with the old main boards,,
must have found a batch of old echo boards laying around to go with the old main boards,,
i had 2 of these old school superstar -33`s with the dual modulation transformers and i gotta say i was rather depressed with the modulation .maybe dtb knows a secret to getting the modulation but cranking the mod pot didnt do it for me .i eventually sold them both .Never seen the RG-99. I understand that it had great audio (according to DTB Radio) and had two audio IC's. But if you look at the underside picture of this chassis, it looks the very same as the Ranger SuperStar JA.