Ham Radio Equipment from the 1950s

The timeline selects and sorts rigs according to manufacturing dates. Find rigs of your favorite era, or your year of birth. Rigs with uncertain manufacturing dates (like "19xx") are excluded from these pages.

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	SRT SR-25 HF Receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.52-30 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	Eddystone 670A Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands TX - -
	Eddystone 770R Desktop VHF receiver -	RX AM FM W-FM CW 19-165 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	Hammarlund HQ-140X Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-31 MHz TX - -
	Marconi Mercury (Type 1017 / RS601) Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 15 kHz to 4 MHz in five bands (15-40 kHz / 100-250 kHz / 245-645 kHz / 0.635-1.65 MHz / 1.55-4 MHz) TX - -
	National Company NC-88 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-40 MHz in 4 bands TX - -
	Central Electronics 10-B Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW SSB 160-10 m
	Collins R-390A/URR Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.5-32 MHz TX - -
	E.F. Johnson Viking Ranger Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW 160-10 m
	Eddystone 760 Prototype VHF Receiver -	RX AM CW 19-165 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	Hallicrafters HT-30 Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW SSB 10-80 m
	Hallicrafters S-85U Desktop HF receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-34 MHz in 4 bands TX - -
	Hallicrafters S-86 Desktop HF receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-34 MHz TX - -
	Hallicrafters SX-88 Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.535-33 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	National Company NC-98 Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM FM CW 0.54-40 MHz TX FM -

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