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.

	SR-34 Desktop VHF Transceiver -	RX AM   CW   49-54 / 144-148 MHz TX AM   CW   49-54 / 144-148 MHz
	SR-34AC Desktop VHF Transceiver -	RX AM   CW   49-54 / 144-148 MHz TX AM   CW   49-54 / 144-148 MHz
	SX-101 Mk III Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM   CW   10-160 m TX - -
	HQ-160 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM   CW   SSB   0.54-31 MHz TX - -
	HQ-170 Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM   CW   SSB   160-6 m TX - -
	HQ-170AC Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM   CW   SSB   160-6 m TX - -
	HQ-170C Desktop HF/VHF Receiver -	RX AM   CW   SSB   DSB   160-6 m (2 m optional) TX - -
	RX-1 'Mohawk' Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM   CW   SSB   10-160 m TX - -
	Vanguard Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM   CW   10-80 m
	MB-6 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX CW   SSB   80-10 m TX - -
	MB-565 Mobile Shortwave Transmitter -	RX CW   SSB   - TX - 80-10 m
	NC-303 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM   CW   SSB   160-10 m TX - -
	WT-4 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM   CW   SSB   0.55-30 MHz TX - -
	GRC-3030 Mobile Shortwave Transceiver -	RX AM   CW   2-12 MHz TX AM   CW   2-12 MHz
	Champion 300(A) Desktop Shortwave Transmitter -	RX - - TX AM   CW   160-10 m