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So being on this forum for a few years now (26), I’ve ran across a good number of people and ideas, some of which I’ve ran with and profited from in a variety of ways, attaboy JimRob. My radio is a Radio Shack HTX-202 VHF FM Transceiver. Unlicensed, I’ve never transmitted on it but I have monitored storm watchers and other things through the years.

My first "new in the box" radio was the ICOM 22S. It was a synthesized 2m rig, but used a diode matrix to set each frequency as a huge improvement over having to order a pair of TX/RX crystals as my old SBE-144 mobile and Standard hand-held required. Later, ICOM offered the handheld 2AT with mechanical frequency dials to set the frequency directly without a diode matrix board. Eventually, the industry was blessed with embedded controller chips, keyboard entry, LCD displays and enormous memory capacity. Current offerings are first class and feature packed.

BTW, I worked at Radio Shack to pay for grad school. It was beyond helpful to have a ham license and commercial license as an employee there. I had almost 400 regular customers. That helped my commissions to pay for school.

I bought a Realistic brand short wave radio from Radio Shack in 1991. Still have the thing. I was living in New Jersey and I wanted to listen to Texas A&M football games. They were broadcast on the 19 meter band. Warbly sound, but it was better than nothing.