  The large, powerful Fanaroff-Riley class II radio source 3CR 68.1 is an
optically red quasar with strong evidence for dust reddening, intrinsic
ultraviolet line absorption, and X-ray absorption. In the context of its large,
extended radio structure and the evidence for intrinsic material along the line
of sight, it is a good candidate for a quasar seen through the edge of an
obscuring torus proposed by unified schemes. The compact radio core coincident
with the optical position of the quasar is extremely weak compared to the very
bright and luminous radio lobes, suggesting that the radio core might also
suffer absorption. We observed 3CR 68.1 at six frequencies and show that the
radio core has a flat spectrum with no evidence for free-free absorption or
other strong absorption mechanisms. This result helps establish an empirical
intrinsic lower range for core-to-lobe radio flux in the most powerful radio
sources.
