Ham Radio Equipment from the 1980s

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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	Drake R-4245 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM AM-sync CW SSB 0.01-30 MHz TX - -
	Drake TR-5 Desktop Shortwave Transceiver -	RX CW SSB 1.8-30 MHz TX CW SSB 160-10 m
	Heathkit SS-9000 Desktop Shortwave Transceiver -	RX CW SSB 10-160 m + WARC TX CW SSB 10-160 m + WARC
	Hy-Gain V (8795) Mobile CB Transceiver -	RX AM FM CW SSB 25.965-28.005 MHz TX AM FM CW SSB 25.965-28.005 MHz
	ICOM IC-290A Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM CW SSB 143.8-148.2 MHz TX FM CW SSB 143.8-148.2 MHz
	ICOM IC-290H Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM CW SSB 143.8-148.2 MHz TX FM CW SSB 143.8-148.2 MHz
	ICOM IC-490E Mobile UHF Transceiver -	RX FM CW SSB 430-440 MHz TX FM CW SSB 430-440 MHz
	ICOM IC-505 Handheld VHF Transceiver -	RX All mode 50-54 MHz TX All mode 50-54 MHz
	ICOM IC-740 Desktop Shortwave Transceiver -	RX FM CW USB LSB 10-160 m + WARC TX FM CW SSB USB LSB 10-160 m + WARC
	ICOM IC-R70 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM FM CW USB LSB 0.1-30 MHz TX - -
	Intraco TIIC-I Base Station Amateur Transceiver -	RX CW SSB 80-10 m + WARC TX CW SSB 80-10 m + WARC
	JRC JST-10 Portable Shortwave Transceiver -	RX CW SSB 7-7.1 / 21-21.45 MHz TX CW SSB 15 + 40m
	KDK FM-2030 VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 143-149 MHz TX FM 143.005-148.995 MHz
	Kenwood R-600 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.15-30 MHz TX - -
	Kenwood R-2000 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM FM CW USB LSB 0.15-30 MHz (118-174 MHz with optional VC-10) TX - -

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