Uber-smug?

[W7TFO]

Hilberling PT-8000A RX.  Cool power meter, no? 

Por los nubes dinero!

En Englais:  http://www.hilberling.com/en/en_son/index_en.htm

73DG

[Pete, WA2CWA]

We talked about this thing in May 2008, http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=16120.0 and then production stopped in July 2008, http://forums.qrz.com/showthread.php?170053-Hilberling-PT-8000-Production-Stopped
I believe they were at Dayton this year. Took some pictures of the display units at Dayton in 2008. Front panel colors didn't excite me.

[W7TFO]

Yeah, prolly look better in black wrinkle...

73DG

[WA1GFZ]

I'd be willing to bet it would blow the doors off any rice box

[Pete, WA2CWA]

I'd be willing to bet it would blow the doors off any rice box

Which one has doors 

[K6IC]

The FT 1000 D,  and think the MP as well has/have at least one door ...   FYI,  Not to pick the nit.  73  Vic

[Opcom]

IC725 has a door on the front over some slide pots.

[K5UJ]

for what it costs, around $13K I think, it had better blow some doors, but it is another box that makes me ask what do you do if it breaks?   I don't see myself ever fixing something like that, (ditto for flex radio, or anything else that is smt and chips).

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Here's some info on the 2007 version of the PT-8000, http://ftp.qrz.ru/pub/hamradio/schemes/hilberling/btc_pt-8000.pdf . Don't know what differences there are in the latest version. I couldn't find any product specs, pricing, availability, etc.  on this transceiver anywhere on their web site.

[W7TFO]

Again, like a new Bentley or Maybach or Malibu beachfront home, it all boils down to smugness.

And, if you could afford one, fixing it would not be an issue.

Just a funny add to the topic, it ought to be in the "rare receivers" thread as well.

73DG

[WU2D]

It is definitely related to its great grandfather, the Wireless set 19.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc6OK5EAPsE

Mike WU2D