At home, my main radio is a Yaesu FT-92Ø, for all mode use on 16Ø through 6 meters.

All of my radios are connected to a multi-radio, multi antenna, selector switch for use with the following antennas:

1: A home brew 6Ø foot high vertical, fed with a remote SGC autotuner.
2: A 4Ø, 17, 1Ø, and 6 meter dipole.
3: A home brew vertical resonated on 28.4, 29.6, 5Ø.2, 52.525.

I also have a Yeasu FT-1ØØD Mobile radio that I use as a standby HF radio, but mostly I use it for 6 meters FM, 2 meters, and 44Ø mhz all modes.

I had a beautiful Yaesu VL-1ØØØ linear, but I had to sell it because high power gets me into my neighbors telephones, and stereos.

For mobile operations, I have a Yaesu FT-1ØØD connected to a Yaesu ATAS-1ØØ auto antenna for 6 through 4Ø meters. For VHF/UHF I use a Diamond gain antenna.

For nostiligia purposes, I also have restored and made operational the following radios:

1: A Swan 26Ø, 5 band HF radio.
2: A Gonset G-28 1Ø meter, AM radio.
3: A Gonset G-5Ø, 6 meter AM radio.
4: A Gonset Communicator 2B, 6 meter radio. The old gray case, "Green Eyed Monster".
5: A Gonset Communicator 3, 6 meter radio. The old white case, "Gooney Bird".

My prize radio is a WW2 Military TBY-1 portable back pack radio. It operates about 3 watts on 2Ø to 8Ø mhz, AM. This is the radio used in WW2 for troop communication, and to talk to ships for gun control. There will be a nice write up about this radio on my web site as soon as I finish restoring, and making it operational.

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