I bought a Sb 401 for $35 bucks awhile back... works fine...
73
vince
ka1iic
On Tue, 1 May 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Either SSB or AM can be real cheap or real expensive, depending on your
preference and situation.
SSB can be real cheap - I've seen HW-100's with P/S for like $100 at hamfests; and Swans
& Drakes for under $200.. Or you can go spend $3000-$4000 on a complete mint S-Line
& 30S-1. Or a whole bunch more on the latest & greatest rice box.
AM can be real cheap - Have seen Heath AM mobile twins complete with AC P/S for like
$100. Or to go upscale, HQ-129X & DX-100 - like $150 apiece. Or you can go spend
$3000-$4000 on a mint 75A-4 & Johnson 500 combo, or spend $20,000 on a KW-1.
But the point is, whatever we spend, a lot or a little, SSB or AM, it is pretty much
peanuts in the overall scheme of things. Ham radio is an extremely LOW COST hobby. Look
at how much we spend a year on housing, utilities, cars, gasoline, food,
insurance,cable TV, wife's trips to beauty parlor, etc., etc. Spending a few or several
hundred $$ a year on ham radio is a rounding error; a fraction of a percent of what we
spend on everything else. And cheaper than golf clubs & greens fees, or skis &
lift tickets.
73
--
Ernie, k0occ
Atlanta, GA
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From: "Rick Brashear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Interesting thought. "...is AM cheaper than SSB?.. Let's see, I have some
ssb equipment that I paid a considerable amount for. However, if I were to
tally up the odds and ends, parts and pieces I have for AM I would say ,
"no", AM is not by any means cheaper or less expensive than ssb. One table
top transceiver and one legal limit amplifier can cover the entire amateur
spectrum, but it would take a room full of "real radios" to do the same
thing and that ain't cheap! The way I see it, this is a great hobby and
when we stop treating it as such and become concerned with the cost of
things then we are spending too much money on it. I personally spend what I
can afford and that's not much. If I had gazillio ns I would spend much more
on my "hobby" and on other things that matter. It's all relative. I don't
think a comparison between the richest man I the world and a poor old stiff
like me is quite fair. Kind of like comparing apples to cow dung!
Whew... That was a mouthful... No offense intended to anyone, these are
just my personal thoughts.
Rick
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