Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

Back in the late 1970s (I think) these became very common on 2m SSB. They were the successor to the Liner-2 and far cleaner. I had one for s...

After the Liner-2 made 2m SSB popular in the early 1970s, the IC202 was introduced by ICOM. This had less power, but was cleaner. It had a w...

Nostalgia time again.... Way back, I owned an ICOM IC202. This was a 2m SSB/CW VXO controlled rig. The VXO covered 200kHz and behaved like a...

These days 2m SSB is nothing new, but back in the 1970s there was no VHF SSB commercial gear until the Liner-2. After the Liner-2 came the...

Back in the 1970s, in the early days of 2m SSB, the most popular rig was the Belcom Liner-2. Hot on its heals a few years later came the...

Probably few will recall these QRP portables. They were made by ICOM and followed in the footsteps of the Liner-2. They had a very good ...

IC202 For me, 2m SSB began with the purchase of a 10W pep Belcom Liner 2, which opened up 2m SSB to the masses. Before then, people used...

A radio amateur in Nottingham,Vic G0RVA , recently bought one of these Belcom rigs. It appears to be an all-mode 70cm rig, although I am no...