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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	SR-25 HF Receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.52-30 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	670A Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM 150-380 kHz / 0.54-30 MHz in four bands TX - -
	770R Desktop VHF receiver -	RX AM FM W-FM CW 19-165 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	HQ-140X Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-31 MHz TX - -
	NC-88 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-40 MHz in 4 bands TX - -
	10-B Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW SSB 160-10 m
	R-390A/URR Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.5-32 MHz TX - -
	Viking Ranger Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW 160-10 m
	760 Prototype VHF Receiver -	RX AM CW 19-165 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	HT-30 Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM CW SSB 10-80 m
	S-85U Desktop HF receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-34 MHz in 4 bands TX - -
	S-86 Desktop HF receiver -	RX AM CW 0.54-34 MHz TX - -
	SX-88 Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.535-33 MHz in 6 bands TX - -
	NC-98 Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM FM CW 0.54-40 MHz TX FM -
	Knight-Kit V44 Variable Frequency Oscillator -	RX All mode 10-80 m TX -

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