Vintage Multiband Receivers, Transmitters and Transceivers
for Amateur Radio and Telephone Service
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Multiband (including) Communication Receivers
These represents the higher quality radios that demand the best engineering designs. These radios receive Standard Broadcast 535-1710 KHz (depending on what country), General Shortwave Band (2-18 MHz), Communication Band (10, 15, 25, 40 and 80 meter) in CW and SSB, and may have FM, Citizen Band, VHF (2 meter) and others . These radios usually have a circuit scheme to decode or receive transmissions not practical with general coverage multiband radios. Controls like BFO, Crystal Filtering, Band Spread, Wide or Narrow Band selection, Phase Detection etc are part of these radios. These generally represent the most expensive of all radios $200 and up in 2010 dollars. In general, the more you pay the better the quality due to the radio's ability to lock in on signals and accurately reproduce it with optional enhancements to make listening easier.
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SOLID STATE Receivers
PORTABLES
SONY ICF-2010 (1980-2003) $395
PLL Synthesize Receiver with Synchronous DetectionThis portable was considered by many SONY's best. This receiver took away the standard of long tradition of the Zenith Trans Oceanic Receivers. Can be used as a general coverage or communication receiver. The production run ran from 1980-2003. Highly collectible portable that still demands a high price.
Sony ICF-7600A (1984-1988) $175
The ICF-7600 series spans about 30 years. Going from an analog to digital general coverage portable. A very compact and slim receiver. The ICF-7600A was Sony's best analog version of this series. Features dual conversion IF and bandspread tuning on SW bands. Unlike the Sony flagship ICF-2001 and 2010, this radio cannot receive SSB signals and lacks a wide band and narrow band filter for AM and SSB reception, making it more of a shortwave radio rather than a communications receiver.
Zenth D7000Y Trans Oceanic (1973-1979) $ 300
Considered by many the best Zenith Trans Oceanic and probably the best portable with analog tuning at that time. Zenith added wide and narrow band filtering for AM / SSB reception, tuning/battery meter and VHF band.
BOTH A TABLE AND PORTABLE
Kenwood QR-666 (1975). Analog Tuning Communication Receiver
Kenwood made many communication receivers. This model features built in telescope antenna or can use external, battery or AC power, 500 Khz marker generator for calibration, mechanical and ceramic filters for selectivity and FET front end for increased sensitivity. This model represents the peak and the beginning of the end of analog tune communication receivers.
Vacuum Tube Receivers
Hallicrafters SX-110 (1959-1961) $159.50 (1959) with R47 Speaker
The SX receivers have crystal IF filtering for improve selectivity in receiving SSB and crowded radio bands. An easy to use radio and fun to operate. Still uses octal based tubes when miniature tubes were the standard. Also SX receivers don't come with a built in speaker.
Heathkit GR-54 (1966-72)
Heathkit's last tube receiver. 6 Tubes and solid state transformer power supply and has product detector for SSB reception. Has feature that allows you to practice Morse Code with a telegraph key connection on the back. Is a single conversion receiver but uses a higher IF frequency. Overall a nice looking with a neat electronic components layout. Sad part, with all the nice things Heathkit put in, they made a terrible cost saving decision to simplify the standard broadcast band oscillator alignment resulting in inaccurate tuning at the band ends.
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