Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This was the first transistorised communications receiver. Back in the 1960s, many lusted after one. I eventually got one in the 1970s.  Act...

From time to time these still appear on auction sits like eBay, commanding ridiculous prices. As a young person these were highly coveted. I...

This RX was first introduced in the late 1960s and was the first transistorised communications RX. It sold for £48 when it first appeared, a...

When I was first licenced in the late 1960s, I wanted a Codar AT5 transmitter.  At the time it was the state of the art.  This was a valved ...

We have moved on a lot.   Back in the 1960s, the Eddystone EC10 RX costing £48 was my dream machine. Many years later I managed to get a pre...

When I was in my 20s I wanted an Eddystone EC10 receiver. In the end I got one via a friend whose dad worked there.  Mechanically, they were...

When I was younger, I always wanted one of these. In the late 1960s they retailed for £48. They were, I think, the first transistorised co...

When I first got interested in the hobby in the early 1960s Far Eastern transceivers were unheard of. Many used war surplus receivers like...

When I first entered the hobby in the early 1960s, many here in the UK aspired to Eddystone receivers, made in Birmingham, UK. They were bea...

When I was young (that is now a very long time ago!) I coveted the Eddystone EC10 all transistor receiver . When I first had my call I had...

Thumbing through some old family photos in a box tonight, I found this one of my shack as it was in 1977 when my son was about 1.5yrs old.  ...