Hello,My name is Frank I have been in to ham radio for at least 50 years. My first radio I had was a ex goverment 19 set,I also have had a 38 set,62 set 22set and other ex goverment radios (1155s AR88) radios plus modern day radios plus the one I use at the moment is a FT840 and the FT897 plus a FT817 for portable, 73s Frank