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.

 IC-751A IC-751A
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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RX
AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
10-160 m + WARC
TX
AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
10-160 m + WARC
 IC-3200E IC-3200E
Mobile VHF/UHF Transceiver
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RX
FM  
144-146/430-440 MHz
TX
FM  
144-146/430-440 MHz
 MX-3.5S MX-3.5S
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
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RX
CW   SSB  
80 m (25 kHz per XTAL)
TX
CW   SSB  
80 m (25 kHz per XTAL)
 TM-211E TM-211E
Mobile VHF Transceiver
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RX
FM  
144-146 MHz
TX
FM  
144-146 MHz
 TS-940S TS-940S
Desktop Shortwave Transceiver
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RX
AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
0.15-30 MHz
TX
AM   FM   CW   SSB   FSK  
10-160 m + WARC
 MX-3.5S MX-3.5S
Handheld Shortwave Transceiver
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RX
CW   SSB  
80 m (25 KHz per XTAL)
TX
CW   SSB  
80 m (25 KHz per XTAL)
 SRG-8600DX SRG-8600DX
VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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RX
AM   FM   W-FM   SSB  
60-905 MHz
TX
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 ICF-2001D ICF-2001D
Handheld HF/VHF Receiver
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RX
AM   W-FM   CW   SSB  
0.15-30 / 76-108 / 116-136 MHz
TX
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2200
Handheld Transceiver
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RX
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26.065-28.305 MHz
TX
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26.065-28.305 MHz
 Corsair II Corsair II
HF Transceiver
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RX
CW   SSB  
10-160 m + WARC
TX
CW   SSB  
10-160 m + WARC
 BC55XLT BC55XLT
Handheld VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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RX
FM  
30-54 / 137-174 / 380-512 MHz (less cellular in the US)
TX
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 BC800XLT BC800XLT
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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RX
AM   FM  
29-54 / 118-174 / 406-512 / 806-912 MHz
TX
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 FRG-8800 FRG-8800
Desktop Shortwave receiver
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RX
AM   FM   CW   USB   LSB   RTTY  
0.15-30 MHz (118-174 MHz option)
TX
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 FRG-9600 FRG-9600
Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver
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RX
N-AM   W-AM   N-FM   W-FM   USB   LSB  
60-905 MHz (SSB between 60-460 MHz)
TX
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 FT-209R FT-209R
Handheld VHF Transceiver
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RX
FM  
144-146 MHz
TX
FM  
144-146 MHz
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