Ham Radio Equipment from the 1960s

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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	Heathkit SB-500 2 meter Transverter -	RX CW SSB 144-148 MHz TX CW SSB 144-148 MHz
	ICOM FDAM-3 VHF Transceiver -	RX AM FM 6 m TX AM FM 6 m
	ITT Mackay Marine 3010C Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM SSB 10 kHz - 30 MHz TX - -
	K.W. Electronics Atlanta Desktop Shortwave Transceiver -	RX AM CW SSB 10-80 m TX AM CW SSB 10-80 m
	Kenwood JR-500SE Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 10-80 m + WWV TX - -
	Minix MTR-25 Desktop VHF Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM 144-146 MHz
	Racal RA-217 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW USB LSB DSB 1-30 MHz (down to 200 kHz with reduced sensitivity) TX - -
	RadioShack / Realistic DX-150A Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.535-30 MHz TX - -
	Sailor RT141 Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 156-162 MHz (fixed channels) TX FM 156-162 MHz (fixed channels)
	Sailor RT142 Marine VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 156-162 MHz (fixed channels) TX FM 156-162 MHz (fixed channels)
	Signal/One CX-7 Desktop Shortwave Transceiver -	RX CW USB LSB FSK 10-160 m TX CW USB LSB FSK 10-160 m
	Swan (Cubic) 260 Cygnet HF Transceiver -	RX CW SSB 10-80 m 3.5-4 / 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz TX CW SSB 10-80 m 3.5-4 / 7-7.3 / 14-14.35 / 21-21.45 / 28-29.7 MHz
	Yaesu FR-50B Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 80-10 m + WWV option TX - -
	Ameco AC-1 Desktop Transmitter -	RX - - TX CW 80 or 40 m
	Ameco VFO-621 Desktop VHF VFO -	RX - 50 / 144 / 220 MHz 6 / 2 / 1.25 m TX - 50 / 144 / 220 MHz 6 / 2 / 1.25 m

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