Whatever happenet to a simple to operate 100watt HF rig that transmits and
recieves??... something in the way of an inexpensive, baseline, HAM band
*only* rig... maybe along the lines of the re-production of the TS-130S.

-n6ojn

With the advent of microprocessor based Ham rigs- many more features and
wide band (HF, 6M, 2M, 440 and SWL) coverage is easily obtainable at about
the same price as a new TS-130S (about $700 new 1980's). See ICOM 706 Mark
II G. The "G" is an all-mode transceiver provides 100 watts on HF and 6
meters and 50 watts on 2 meters plus 20 watts on 440 MHz. It receives from
30 kHz to 199 MHz and from 400 to 470 MHz. For $899

In the 1980's you would have paid twice that for separate radios to cover
those bands all mode

Lots bang for the buck

As far as complexity -- most have a menu presets -- choose your options and
will operate much the same way as a TS-130S



CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !