I started as a listener way back in 1974 with a Crystal Set and after getting "hooked" I started to build all sorts of radios and staying up all hours! listening broadcast stations, using a variety of Receivers, such as the HAC single valve RX , R1155N and HRO-5, things have changed a little now but you can see and read about the Receivers I used to own below.

HAC DX. 1 Valve Radio Kit My first RX

R1155  Receiver

National Radio Co.  - HRO-5TA1

I stumbled onto the "Amateur Bands" and it went on from there, getting my license to transmit in December 1980.
I am a very keen "Home Brewer" and 75% of my gear was home made in the early days. 

The radios I own and use now are the Icom IC202-S (muTek frontend board fitted), Kenwood TS-850SAT and the new addition of a Yaesu FT-847, an amazing little rig!
My main interests are QRSS/QRPp on LF/HF and on the higher Bands Sporadic E, MS, JT6M etc. (Antennas under construction)..
I am currently active with some of the "Digital" Modes mainly QRSS/ QRPp modes (LF) using the excellent program SpectrumLab on RX and of course HomeBrew TX, for the more "normal" Digi modes I use MixW2 by UT2UZ and UU9JDR. 

This shows the Home Made Spectrum Analyser Unit (Top) design by G4PMK,  which feeds into the Tektronix-465B scope (Bottom). In the middle of this stack is a Racal-Dana 9918 Counter (GPS Locked). At the top is the GPS Locked 10Mhz/1Mhz source for the counter, DDS-MEPT (Beacon) etc. Brief GPS Info: This comprises of an Isotemp OCXO 134-10, a Rockwell Jupiter GPS receiver board and the  Logic Board (10Mhz PLL) by Joe Ruggieri, quite similar to an early design by G3RUH. I have added a divider inside the GPS (Div 10) as the counter requires a 1Mhz ext Ref.   And finally... To the right of the Scope is the excellent WM-2QRP Wattmeter,

My current project(s) are QRPp Beacons for 10Mhz (30m) and 7Mhz (40m) which are "work in progress" ;-)