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 ...

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 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...

If, like me, you owned an Eddystone communications receiver at some point in the past then you may like to look at the Eddystone User Grou...