Ham Radio Equipment from the 1940s

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.

 51-Q 51-Q
Desktop Shortwave receiver
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RX
AM   CW  
1.5-12 MHz
TX
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 358 358
Desktop Shortwave receiver
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RX
AM   CW  
40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
TX
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 358/I 358/I
Desktop Shortwave receiver
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RX
AM   CW  
40 kHz - 31 MHz in 10 bands
TX
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 HT-9 HT-9
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
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RX
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TX
AM   CW  
10, 20, 40 & 80 m (depending on coil set)
 HT-18 HT-18
Desktop Shortwave Transmitter
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RX
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TX
AM   FM   CW  
10, 15, 20, 40 & 80 m
 S-27B S-27B
Desktop VHF receiver
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RX
AM   FM   CW  
36-165 MHz
TX
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 S-36A S-36A
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
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RX
AM   FM  
27.8-143 MHz in three bands
TX
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 S-37 S-37
Desktop VHF Receiver
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RX
AM   FM  
130-210 MHz
TX
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 S-40A S-40A
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
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RX
AM   CW  
0.54-43 MHz in four bands
TX
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 S-51 S-51
Desktop Shortwave receiver
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RX
AM   CW  
0.14-12 MHz in 4 bands
TX
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 S-53 S-53
Desktop HF/VHF Receiver
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RX
AM   CW  
0.54-31 / 48-54.5 MHz in five bands
TX
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 SX-42 SX-42
HF/VHF Receiver
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RX
AM   FM   CW  
0.54-110 MHz in six bands
TX
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 TBS-50B (Bandmaster Junior) TBS-50B (Bandmaster Junior)
Desktop HF/VHF Transmitter
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RX
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TX
CW  
10-80m / 6m / 2m
 TBS-50C (Bandmaster Senior) TBS-50C (Bandmaster Senior)
Desktop HF/VHF Transmitter
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RX
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TX
AM   CW  
10-80m / 6m / 2m
 TBS-50D (Bandmaster Deluxe) TBS-50D (Bandmaster Deluxe)
Desktop HF/VHF Transmitter
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RX
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TX
AM   CW  
10-80m / 6m / 2m
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