Hello everyone, I started with this from the radio in the late 60s, working the CB with a six-channel crystal walkies.
Attracted by the worm of the ham radio, I prepared myself to take the indicative and thus be able to work in other bands and modalities.
Once I got this, I bought a simple but excellent device, Kenwood TS-130S, which I enjoyed for some years, as well as a semi-portable device for the two-meter band, Yaesu FT-290R.
Later, family and work obligations kept me for almost thirty years, practically in QRT.
Later and something more liberated, I went back to the hobby, doing it this time with an Icom IC-751 and a Sommerkamp FT-480R, although I still have and still use the Yaesu.
Added to the radio station a Yaesu FT-857d and ICOM IC-706MK2G

I send my qsl card with automatic e-qsl after closing the contact or directly upon receiving yours with SAE.

Icom IC-751
Kenwood AT-230
Yaesu FT-857d
Yaesu FC-30

ICOM IC-706MKIIG
Sommerkamp FT-480R
Icom IC-2SRE
QYT 8900
YAESU FT-290R
BAOFENG UV-5RE
ATAS 120a
Butternut HF6V
FD4
Daiwa LA-2065R
Diamond A144S5R
Diamond A144S10
Diamond A430S15
Diamond X-50N
Slim Jim 2m/70cm