Old gear's function is to radiate and receive RF.

What is it that you expect "modern" gear to do?

The _REAL_ Radio Ham builds and/or modifies and
adapts existing equipment. It is the CBer who goes out to
buy off-the-shelf "modern" gear.

"Steffan" wrote in message
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So anyhow, I still have access to Dad's old gear, but I'm looking for
something modern and some instructions on how to get started.