What was your first HF ham rig??

[Thestonerguy]

My first was a Heathkit HR5400. The audio quality was "okay", but the CW tone quality was excellent. I received many compliments about it.

My second was a Yaesu FT-101 - a really great rig

So what about yours??

 

[novakor]

My first HF rig was a Kenwood TS-530S,i sure miss that radio.
Current rigs are Yaesu FT100D and a Kenwood TS-520.
73,Stu

 

[Moleculo]

The first HF rig I played with was a Yaesu 757gx. A friend loaned it to me for a while. Then I saw the Icom 746 and knew right away that I wasn't gonna mess around with the old stuff any more.... LOL

 

[Joe]

My first rig....and still using it because its my Fathers and I don't have a shack of my own yet is a 26 year old Drake TR7

Still going strong

 

[C2]

IC-710

 

[CDX1220]

my first rig was the ft 101,then 101ee both were great radios. then i got a kenwood ts 430,that was one of the best radios period imo. alot of contacts with that 430.then i got my ham ticket so i got an all around radio the icom 706mkllg still enjoying this one,

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

My first HF rig was and is a Heath DX-60B all tube transmitter with AM and CW modes only.I also have the matching HR-10 rx and the HG-10 VFO.I still use it every Sunday morning on 3735 for the Maritimes AM Net where a bunch of guys gather to run old AM gear.Some of us have broadcast quality audio (myself included so I am told) and a lot of us came from broadcast or military backgrounds.Since then I have had an Icom 735 and now it has been replaced with a Yaesu FT-857.I'll always keep the old Heath however.

 

[bandaid kid]

My first rig of any sort was an FT-757GX boght new as a Novice when they had just come out. I had the radio faster than my license. It took four months waiting for the paper license to come and I used the radio daily just to listen. I still have it. It's banged=up and dirty and about 17 years-old and still works. It's a spare now and I use it every Field Day.

I doubt I will ever let it go. Too many first-year memories.

PS Excuse typos, I can't see the screen very well today.

73

 

[Geekster]

Kenwood TS-520S Then a Kenwood TS-180 and now a JRC JST-135

 

[Sonwatcher]

RCI-2950 :shock: No my rig is a Yaesu 757GX. Really like it. I spend a lot of time listening and downloading SSTV. Listen to SW on it.

 

[AudioShockwav]

Yaesu Ft-101e
It is a good rig, things have changed a lot, but even today 30 some-odd years old and it will still get you on the bands.

73
Jeff

 

[123michigan]

kenwood 440sat and still using it

 

[CDX126]

My first HF Rig? Well, if you look at my avator there it is.

Yaesu FT-901DM, External VFO, Ext. speaker/ phone patch, Station monitor useing a Heil Goldline studio microphone. ( She will be greatly missed ).

 

[Chuck Bravo]

Icom IC-720A for HF
Icom IC-230 for VHF

 

[parkair]

Icom 735