In a conversation with my brother, N3AU, my sister, WB7OIU, we got into a discussion of when SSB made its way into amateur radio, since our family got started with the hobby in the early 1930s.
There’s a PDF article on the ARRL site which gives the history. Very worth reading.
This looks like an interest HT, but note the new category: Looking At It! I’m interested in this radio as a compromise between my mobile radios (30 and 50 watts), which I only rarely have in my car, and my 5 watt handhelds, which I regularly take with me and hook up to the mobile…
I haven’t tried this radio, but I got a notice about it from Amazon.com today and thought I’d post a link. If I didn’t already have more power than this in my car, I’d be very tempted at that price.