Ham Radio Equipment from 1980

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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	FDK Multi-700EX Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 144-146 MHz TX FM 144-146 MHz
	FDK Multi-750E Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM CW SSB 144-146 MHz TX FM CW SSB 144-146 MHz
	FDK Multi-Palm IV Handheld UHF Transceiver -	RX FM 430-440 MHz TX FM 430-440 MHz
	Handic 0012 Desktop VHF/UHF Scanner / receiver -	RX FM 68-88 / 144-174 / 410-512 MHz TX - -
	Heathkit VF-7401 Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 143.5-148.5 MHz TX FM 143.5-148.5 MHz
	ICOM IC-2A Handheld VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 144-148 MHz TX FM 144-148 MHz
	ICOM IC-2E Handheld VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 144-146 MHz TX FM 144-146 MHz
	ICOM IC-251E Desktop VHF Transceiver -	RX FM CW SSB 144-146 MHz TX FM CW SSB 144-146 MHz
	ICOM IC-451E Desktop UHF Transceiver -	RX FM CW SSB 430-440 MHz TX FM CW SSB 430-440 MHz
	ICOM IC-502A Handheld VHF Transceiver -	RX CW SSB 50-52 MHz TX CW SSB 50-52 MHz
	ICOM IC-720 Desktop Shortwave Transceiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.1-30 MHz TX AM CW SSB 10-160 m + WARC
	ICOM IC-720A Desktop Shortwave Transceiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.1-30 MHz TX AM CW SSB 10-160 m + WARC
	KDK FM-2025 Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia) 144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe) TX FM 143.000-148.995 MHz (Asia) 144.000-148.995 MHz (Europe)
	KDK FM-2025A/E Mk II Mobile VHF Transceiver -	RX FM 143.000-148.995 MHz (A) 144.000-148.9875 MHz (E) TX FM 143.000-148.995 MHz (A) 144.000-148.9875 MHz (E)
	Kentec BCL-1 Desktop Shortwave receiver -	RX AM CW SSB 0.17-0.4 / 0.5-30 MHz TX - -

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