26 Jan 2026

Yaesu FT7 transceiver

This photo has been on before.

It shows the Yaesu FT7 which was the first commercial transceiver I owned in the 1980s. 

During that time DXCC was worked on 10W 10W SSB (QRP).

It had no memories, no synthesiser and a very quiet analogue RX. 

Of all the commercial transceivers I have owned, it was probably the very best. It proved that QRP SSB and low simple antennas were all you needed to work the world. I think the antennas at the time were just wire dipoles and a CB vertical.

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