Talk:Vintage amateur radio

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I've created this Wikipedia article and linked it to the main entry for amateur radio. I used the bones of an article created by WA3VJB, Paul Courson, to construct this new version. I saw that Paul's original writeup (deleted Dec. 2005) was rejected from the main amateur radio article as being "too specialized". Hopefully, this time it will be accepted as a separate article. Suggestions for improving it are appreciated.- W1GFH LuckyLouie 20:03, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

This is an excellent article. Question though, when does the vintage era end and what is the criteria? For example, the KWM-2A was made in the 1970's but the FPM-200 was a 1950's radio.

The HRO-500 and Signal/One seem to be "boatanchors", although they both have new-ish features. - comment by 69.140.87.105

True, it is confusing and by no means definitive what "classic", "vintage" and "boatanchor" means. I chose 1930s - 1970s since that seems to best represent the era of commercial ham gear that most enthusiasts collect and operate. But any of these words, including "boatanchors" have very loose definitions, and can mean any older ham technology. LuckyLouie 23:18, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

To help clarify, I have added this sentence to the Classic Gear section: "Although 1930s through 1970s gear is considered "vintage", collectors may differ on the cutoff dates." LuckyLouie 20:05, 7 December 2006 (UTC)