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    There are some machines, antennas and accessories that I owned and used them before. The following items are the advantage, disadvantage of those rigs and also with my opinions. But it is just my opinions. Hope it can help you to analysis and know more about them.

Stationary Transceiver
Icom
1) IC-706MKIIG HF / VHF / UHF all mode transceiver.
2) IC-756 HF / 50MHz all mode transceiver.
3) IC-820H VHF / UHF satellite transceiver.
Yaesu
1) FT-736R VHF / UHF all mode transceiver.
2) FT-767GX HF / VHF / UHF all mode transceiver.
3) FT-847 HF / VHF / UHF all mode transceiver.
4) FT-1000MP HF all mode transceiver.
Kenwood

1)

 TS-680V HF / 50MHz all mode transceiver.

Mobile Transceiver
Icom
1) IC-281H 2m FM mode transceiver.
2) IC-229H 2m FM mode transceiver.
Yaesu

1)

 FT-8500 2m / 70cm FM mode transceiver.
2) FT-3000M 2m FM mode transceiver.
3) FT-2500M 2m FM mode transceiver.
4) FT-2200 2m FM mode transceiver.
5) FT-212H 2m FM mode transceiver.
Kenwood
1) TM-V7 2m / 70cm FM mode transceiver.
2) TM-733 2m / 70cm FM mode transceiver.
3) TM-251 2m FM mode transceiver.
Alinco
1) DJ-150 2m FM mode transceiver.
2) DJ-599SX 2m / 70cm FM mode transceiver.
3) DJ-610SX 2m / 70cm FM mode transceiver.
Handheld Transceiver
Icom

1)

 IC-W21T 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
2) IC-W2A 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
3) IC-T21A 2m FM mode handheld.
4) IC-2S 2m FM mode handheld.
Yaesu

1)

 VX-1R 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
2) VX-5R 6m / 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
3) FT-50N 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
4) FT-51R 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
5) FT-23R 2m FM mode handheld.
6) FT-112 2m FM mode handheld.
Kenwood
1) TH-79 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
2) TH-78 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
3) TH-22 2m FM mode handheld.
Alinco
1) DJ-G1 2m FM mode handheld.
2) DJ-G5 2m / 70cm FM mode handheld.
Standard

1)

C150 2m FM mode handheld.
Receiver
Uniden

1)

 UBC9000XLT VHF / UHF FM AM mode receiver.
Yupiteru

1)

 MVT-7100 HF / VHF / UHF all mode receiver.
Icom

1)

 IC-R1 HF / VHF / UHF all mode receiver.
Alinco

1)

DJ-X1 HF / VHF / UHF all mode receiver.
Antenna 
Stationary antenna

1)

 Diamond X-700 2m / 70cm ground plane.
2) Diamond X-510 2m / 70cm ground plane.
3) Diamond X-300 2m / 70cm ground plane.
4) Diamond X-50 2m / 70cm ground plane.

5)

 Diamond X-30 2m / 70cm ground plane.
6) Diamond F-22 2m ground plane.
7) Diamond V-2000 6m / 2m / 70cm ground plane.
8) Diamond A-502HB 6m HB9CV yagi.
9) Diamond A-504HB 6m HB9CV yagi.
10) Cushcraft ARX-2B 2m ground plane.
11) Cushcraft 124WB 2m yagi.
12) Cushcraft A148-3S 2m yagi.
13) Cushcraft A270-10S 2m / 70cm yagi.
14) Maspro 144W5 2m yagi.
15) Maldol HS-FOX-727 2m / 70cm yagi.
Mobile antenna

1)

 Diamond CR-6 6m car whip.
2) Diamond CR-627 6m / 2m / 70cm car whip.
3) Diamond NR-2C 2m car whip.

4)

 Diamond NR-22L 2m car whip.
5) Diamond NR-770S 2m / 70cm car whip.
6) Diamond NR-770H 2m / 70cm car whip.
7) Diamond SG-2000 2m car whip.

8)

 Diamond SG-7000 2m / 70cm car whip.
9) Diamond SG-7200 2m / 70cm car whip.
10) Diamond SG-7900 2m / 70cm car whip.
11) Diamond SG-9700 2m / 70cm / 33cm car whip.
12) Diamond HV-4 HF/ 6m / 2m car whip.
13) Diamond HV-7 HF / 6m / 2m / 70cm car whip.
Handheld antenna
1) Diamond RH-701 2m / 70cm helical.
2) Icom FA-1443B 2m / 70cm helical.
3) Comet SH-55 2m / 70cm helical.
4) Diamond RH-771 2m / 70cm helical.
5) Comet SH-85 2m / 70cm helical.
6) Maldol AH-330 2m / 70cm helical.
7) Diamond RH-779 2m / 70cm helical.
8) Diamond RH-9 2m / 70cm helical.
9) Diamond RH-K5 2m / 70cm helical.
10) Diamond RH-519 2m / 70cm helical.
11) Diamond RH-536 2m / 70cm helical.
12) Diamond RH-901 2m / 70cm / 33cm helical.
13) Diamond RH-951 2m / 70cm / 22cm helical.
14) Diamond RH-205 2m telescopic.
15) Diamond RH-770 2m / 70cm telescopic.
16) Maldol AH-210R 2m / 70cm telescopic.
17) Maldol AS-510 6m / 2m / 70cm helical.
18) Diamond RH-799 telescopic for receive.
19) Azden 6m 6m telescopic.
20) Maldol FR-30 2m / 70cm helical + telescopic.
Options and Accessories 
SWR and Power Meter

1)

 Diamond SX-200 HF / VHF analog swr and power meter.
2) Diamond SX-600 HF / VHF / UHF analog swr and power meter.
3) Diamond SX-2000 HF / VHF analog swr and power meter with auto tune.
4) Daiwa HF / VHF digital swr and power meter with auto tune.
Duplexer

1)

 Diamond MX-72M 2m / 70cm duplexer.
2) Diamond MX-62M HF to 6m / 2m to 70cm duplexer.
3) Diamond MX-2000M HF to 6m / 2m / 70cm duplexer.
Antenna Rotator
1) Yaesu G-800SDX Antenna rotator.
2) Cheap price Antenna rotator.
Power Supply
1) Diamond GSV3000 DC power supply.
2) Diamond GSV1200 DC power supply.
Linear Amplifier
1) Daiwa LA-2180HK 2m Fm / SSB linear amplifier.
2) Daiwa LA-2090 2m Fm / SSB linear amplifier.
3) Daiwa LA-2080 2m Fm / SSB linear amplifier.
Antenna Analyzer

1)

MFJ-259 HF / VHF antenna analyzer.

2)

MFJ-269 HF / VHF / UHF antenna analyzer.
Morse Code Reader

1)

MFJ-462B Morse code reader.
Morse Code Tutor

1)

MFJ-418 Morse code tutor with LCD display.
DSP Filter
1) MFJ-784B Audio DSP filter.
2) Timewave DSP-599ZX Audio DSP filter.
Microphone
1) Icom SM-20 Desktop microphone.
2) Yaesu MD-100 Desktop microphone.
3) Yaesu MH-29 Handheld external microphone with smart control for FT51R.
Antenna Selector

1)

Diamond CX-210 2 in 1 antenna selector.
Transverter

1)

Tentec 1208 6m to 20m transverter.
External Speaker
1) Yaesu SP-767 External speaker with passive filter.
2) Yaesu SP-8 External speaker with passive filter.
RF Filter
1) Digital Comm. DCI-146-4H 2m  band pass filter.
2) 2m tunable filter 2m  band pass filter.
3) Commet 2m filter 2m  band pass filter.
Balun

1)

Diamond BU-50 Balun
IF Filter
1) Icom FL222 SSB IF filter.
2) Icom FL223 SSB IF filter.
3) Yaesu XF-455MC CW IF filter.
4) Yaesu XF-115C CW IF filter.
5) Yaesu XF-115S SSB IF filter.
6) Yaesu XF-114SN SSB IF filter.
7) Yaesu XF-110S CW IF filter.
Crystal Oscillator

1)

Yaesu TCXO-6 Reference frequency oscillator.
Cable
1) RG-174 1.7C coaxial cable.
2) RG-58 3C coaxial cable.
3) RG-8 8C coaxial cable.
4) 5D-2V 5C coaxial cable.
5) 5D-2W 5C coaxial cable.
6) 5D-FB 5C coaxial cable.
7) 8D-FBS 8C coaxial cable..