Chronological Archive

Equipment History

A visual retrospective of amateur radio rigs and gear owned since first being licensed as G8LRS in June 1976.

1976 – Present 11 Milestone Rigs VHF • UHF • HF Digital

1976

Belcom Liner 2

2m SSB Transceiver. My very first rig upon obtaining my amateur licence in June 1976.

1977

2m Multimode Base Station (CW / SSB / AM / FM). A benchmark all-mode transceiver for VHF DXing.

1979

2m FM Handheld Transceiver. Rugged early handheld for portable and repeater access.

1980

2m Multimode Transceiver. Compact mobile/base station with digital display and memory channels.

1986

70cm (430 MHz) FM Handheld. Thumbwheel frequency selection, widely used for UHF repeater monitoring.

1991

Dual Band 2m / 70cm FM Handheld. Dual-watch simultaneous receive and extensive memory banks.

1992

Dual Band 2m / 70cm FM Mobile Transceiver with cross-band full-duplex operation.

2001

HF / VHF / UHF All-Mode Portable QRP Transceiver. Key rig used for cruise Maritime Mobile (/MM) operations.

2006

HF / 50 / 144 / 430 MHz All-Mode Transceiver with 32-bit IF-DSP. Main shack workhorse for PSK31 digital modes.

2007

Microprocessor-driven automatic antenna tuner, paired with the IC-7000 and indoor inverted V fan dipole.

2024

HF / 50 / 70 MHz Direct Sampling SDR Transceiver with real-time spectrum waterfall scope and built-in automatic antenna tuner.