Equipment profiles
Spec tables and honest assessments. No affiliate links, no sponsored placements. Price is shown as a five-slot scale ($···· budget to $$$$$ premium), judged within each category.
Accessories
Alpha Delta DELTA-4B (Coax Switch)
Alpha Delta · $$··· · 1500W
Anderson Powerpole (PP15/30/45)
Anderson Power Products · $····
bhi Dual In-Line
bhi · $$$··
Diamond K400 (Heavy-Duty Trunk/Lip Antenna Mount)
Diamond Antenna (Japan) · $····
Heil Pro Set Elite 6
Heil Sound (Heil Ham Radio) · $$$··
SharkRF openSPOT4 (Digital-Voice Hotspot)
SharkRF · $$$··
Tigertronics SignaLink USB
Tigertronics · $$···
Times Microwave LMR-400 (Low-Loss Coax)
Times Microwave Systems · $····
Yaesu G-1000DXA
Yaesu · $$$$$
ZUMspot (MMDVM Digital Hotspot Board)
ZUM Radio · $$···
Amplifiers
Antennas
Buddipole (Portable Dipole System)
Buddipole Antennas · $$$$·
Butternut HF9V
Butternut (DX Engineering) · $$$$$ · 1500W
Chameleon EMCOMM III Portable
Chameleon Antenna · $$$·· · 100W
Comet GP-6
Comet (NCG Companies) · $$$·· · 200W
Diamond SG-7900A
Diamond Antenna · $$···
Diamond X-300A / X-300NA
Diamond · $$···
Diamond X50A
Diamond Antenna · $$···
Ed Fong DBJ-2 (Roll-Up J-Pole)
Ed Fong, WB6IQN · $$··· · 50W
End-Fed Half-Wave (EFHW) 40m-10m
Homebrew / Various (MyAntennas, MFJ, ARRL/HF Kits, QRPguys) · $····
G5RV Antenna (Homebrew / Commercial)
Homebrew / Various · $····
Hustler 4-BTV
Hustler · $$$··
Mosley Classic 33
Mosley Electronics · $$$$$ · 1500W
MyAntennas EFHW-8010
MyAntennas · $$$··
Tarheel Antennas Model 200A-HP
Tarheel Antennas · $$$$·
Wilson 1000
Wilson Antenna · $····
Wolf River Coils Silver Bullet 1000 TIA
Wolf River Coils · $$$··
Base stations
(tr)uSDX
DL2MAN & PE1NNZ design (open source; licensed kit/assembled production) · $···· · 5W
Elecraft K4 (K4 / K4D / K4HD)
Elecraft · $$$$$ · 100W
Elecraft KX2
Elecraft · $$$$$ · 10W
Elecraft KX3
Elecraft · $$$$$ · 10W
Icom IC-705
Icom · $$$$$ · 10W
Icom IC-7300
Icom · $$$$· · 100W
Icom IC-7610
Icom · $$$$$ · 100W
Kenwood TS-590SG
Kenwood · $$$$· · 100W
Lab599 Discovery TX-500
Lab599 · $$$$· · 10W
QRP Labs QCX-mini
QRP Labs · $···· · 5W
QRP Labs QDX
QRP Labs · $···· · 5W
QRP Labs QMX
QRP Labs · $$··· · 5W
Tecsun PL-880
Tecsun · $$···
Xiegu G90
Xiegu · $$$·· · 20W
Yaesu FT-891
Yaesu · $$$$· · 100W
Yaesu FT-991A
Yaesu · $$$$$ · 100W
Yaesu FTDX10
Yaesu · $$$$$ · 100W
Yaesu FTDX101D
Yaesu · $$$$$ · 100W
CB radios
Cobra 18 WX ST II
Cobra · $$··· · 4W
Cobra 19 DX IV
Cobra · $···· · 4W
Cobra 29 LTD Classic
Cobra · $$··· · 4W
Cobra 29 LX
Cobra · $$$·· · 4W
Galaxy DX-959
Galaxy · $$$$· · 12W
President McKinley USA
President · $$$·· · 4W
Ranger RCI-2970N2
Ranger Communications · $$$$$ · 200W
Uniden PRO 510XL
Uniden · $···· · 4W
GMRS radios
Baofeng GMRS-9R
Baofeng · $···· · 5W
BTECH GMRS-V2
BTECH · $$··· · 5W
Cobra RX680
Cobra · $$··· · 2W
Midland MXT275
Midland · $$$$· · 15W
Midland MXT500
Midland · $$$$$ · 50W
Midland MXT575
Midland · $$$$$ · 50W
Midland X-TALKER T77VP5
Midland · $$$·· · 1.5W
Radioddity DB25-G
Radioddity · $$$·· · 25W
Radioddity GM-30
Radioddity · $···· · 5W
Wouxun KG-935G
Wouxun · $$$·· · 5W
Handheld transceivers
Ailunce HD1
Ailunce (Retevis) · $$$·· · 10W
AnyTone AT-D878UVII Plus
AnyTone · $$$$· · 7W
Baofeng BF-F8HP
Baofeng · $$··· · 8W
Baofeng DM-1801
Baofeng · $$··· · 5W
Baofeng UV-5R
Baofeng · $···· · 4W
Icom ID-50A
Icom · $$$$$ · 5W
Icom ID-52A
Icom · $$$$$ · 5W
Kenwood TH-D75A
Kenwood · $$$$$ · 5W
Quansheng UV-K5
Quansheng · $···· · 5W
Radioddity GD-77 / GD-77S
Radioddity · $$$·· · 5W
Radioddity GD-88
Radioddity · $$$·· · 7W
Retevis RT3S
Retevis · $$··· · 5W
Retevis RT76P
Retevis · $$··· · 5W
Yaesu FT-4XR
Yaesu · $$··· · 5W
Yaesu FT-60R
Yaesu · $$$$· · 5W
Yaesu FT-65R
Yaesu · $$$·· · 5W
Yaesu FT-70DR
Yaesu · $$$$· · 5W
Yaesu VX-6R
Yaesu · $$$$· · 5W
Keys & paddles
Meters & analyzers
Mobile radios
Alinco DR-735T
Alinco · $$$$· · 50W
AnyTone AT-D578UVIII Pro
AnyTone · $$$$· · 50W
Icom IC-2300H
Icom · $$$·· · 65W
Icom IC-2730A
Icom · $$$$· · 50W
Kenwood TM-D710GA (APRS Dual-Band Mobile)
Kenwood · $$$$$ · 50W
Retevis RT73 (Mini Dual-Band DMR Mobile)
Retevis · $$$·· · 20W
Retevis RT95
Retevis · $$··· · 25W
Yaesu FTM-500DR
Yaesu · $$$$$ · 50W
Power supplies
SDR receivers
Airspy HF+ Discovery
Airspy · $$···
FlexRadio FLEX-8400
FlexRadio · $$$$$ · 100W
Hermes-Lite 2
Hermes-Lite 2 open-source project (HPSDR community) · $$··· · 5W
Microtelecom Perseus
Microtelecom · $$$··
Nooelec NESDR SMArt v5
Nooelec · $····
RTL-SDR Blog V4
RTL-SDR Blog · $····
SDRplay RSP1B
SDRplay · $$···
SDRplay RSPdx (14-bit Wideband SDR Receiver)
SDRplay · $$···