My vote goes with Travis and the 857. All bands and Vhf Uhf and all modes. You going for home qth or mobile?
KF5TFJ Jon PS Put 10 hams in a room, ask the question and get 15 opinions! Sent from my iPad > On Apr 28, 2016, at 10:41 AM, Travis Burgess via BVARC <[email protected]> > wrote: > > If you can find a recently discontinued Icom iC-7200, they are superb and > are quite a bit under $1k. Originally they sold for around $1,400. The 7200 > is 160 meters to 6 meters and digital ready with a usb port on the back and > on board sound card. It does not have FM. > > Another great radio is the Yaesu FT-857D. It is all band all mode including > 2 meter and 70cm. It also is quite a bit under $1k. Both can be used as > base or portable or mobile. The Yaesu is much smaller. > > > Travis > > K5HTB > > > Sent from Outlook > > > From: BVARC <[email protected]> on behalf of JP Pritchard via BVARC > <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 7:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Cc: JP Pritchard > Subject: [BVARC] Help > > Hi folks, > > I am a newbie to Ham Radio and a newbie to the club, so I'm writing to ask > for your help in picking a rig. I just passed my General exam so many options > are open to me and I'd like to explore a lot of those options. I currently > own a Baofeng HT and a Yaesu FT2900 two meter transceiver, but no equipment > for HF. I've been looking at HF VHF UHF units. I've even looked at the > Alesis KX3 and the Flex 1500. They don't cover the VHF-UHF bands but they do > appeal to me. Bottom line, I don't want to spend more than a thousand > dollars if possible. What do you suggest? As Sergeant Schultz used to say > on Hogan's Heroes, "I know nothing." I'll really appreciate your suggestions. > > JP (Richard) Pritchard > KG5MBG > _______________________________________________ > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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