XV-7r

I love it. Tiny little thing. I got off ebay with loads of gadgets the guy had and it's a lovely thing. I haven't had a QSO with it yet, maybe today in London I'll be lucky - I have it with me. I want to look after this little baby, I hope it will last.

It has airband, FM broadcast band, AM, SW, everything. I'm still playing with it and don't koow half the functionality - if only it had CW and SSB, it'd be so nice and beautiful! I don't know why they're not throwing a sideband board in it - it can't be hard nor that expensiive damn it, it's all about marketing. All-mode radios are much more expensive and the electronics shouldn't be significantly different, even simpler since AM/SSB is simpler to build, CW is a no-brainer.