My HF rig was the smallest HF transceiver of its time, at the end of the 1980s, with a nickname of 'plastic fantastic'! The transmitter gets good results and I've never had any complaints about SSB modulation. I worked France ok with 10 watts on AM too. FM is as yet untested.

The receiver is reasonably sensitive and most of the time I'm realy happy with it. It could do with more effective IF filtering. During busy times on 40m, operating can be very limited by QRM. I've tried various tricks, such as using split transmitting (in SSB mode) and receiving (via the CW narrow filter). In theory I thought that might give me a chance but it only helps a tiny amount. Having said that, I've worked Asia on 40m, receiving at signal strength 4 against the usual QRM background of a station 2.5kHz away at 59+20, so the rig can't be bad can it!

Last updated: March 2004