You don't really want the tubed-PA radios of the 70's and early/mid 80's to be frank.Why do you think I said "to be frank". This is advice to a newcomer, and you want to advocate a stone-age radio?I respectfully disagree
I had my fill of that crap in its day. Do you know how many people burned up the PA tubes because of mistuning? A lot. Each and every one if you ask me. The PA tubes on my Yaesu FT101-EE (which was my brothers 20+ yrs ago) will still deliver 100 W output on 10 Meters, because I took good care of it. And, I used it with an antenna tuner.
Those rigs drifted, had inaccurate analog 'hash' marks for frequecy display, are limited to about 8 500 kHz band segments, and are unsuitable for QPSK31 (drift to much) and have low duty cycle ratings precluding use for modes like RTTY.
Thank you very much, they are one step away from junk (nobody uses them, they occupy closets and exist only for emergencies!)
I notice you don't even use yours, fine example you are!
The EMP threat, based on my estimation and industry tests on COTS equipment have found to have a MUCH better survivability than previously thought, partly due to the much better semiconductors available now.
Do you know what that is? Built-in ESD protection diodes, etc., on semi-conductors nowadays compared to the 70's and 80's.
Okay, back over to you.
You don't read what people post do you? I said I use both of mine every few weeks and that I enjoy using them very much.
If you're not gonig to take the time to read (and comprehend) people's posts don't both replying. Sheeeesh.