JP, First of all, congrats on the General upgrade! My first HF rig was a Yaesu FT-450 and it proved to be a great starter radio. Solid performance, simple and inexpensive. Another one might be the Icom IC-718 or the Kenwood TS-480.
Naturally buying used comes with some inherent risk, but there are lots and lots of good deals out there waiting to be had. Check out the classifieds on QRZ and Eham; I got my FT-450 used on QRZ for a great price. Like KF5HPA has indicated, the bigger discussion / choice will be what type of antenna you are going to hook it up to! Good luck with the choice! Josh KB3VQQ On Apr 28, 2016 11:35 AM, "Michael Mustachia via BVARC" <[email protected]> wrote: I have a Yaesu ft-857d that I have been using as a base unit. It has worked well for me. The screen is small and the menu can take some getting use to, but the manual is fairly clear. It can be had new for about $850.00. If you want to spend $1199.00 look at the Yaesu ft-991. It has a larger screen and seems to be user friendly. Do a Google search on both for reviews. E Ham net Reviews. The NEXT big question is antenna. KF5PHA Mike *From:* JP Pritchard via BVARC <[email protected]> *Sent:* Thursday, April 28, 2016 7:24 AM *To:* [email protected] *Cc:* JP Pritchard <[email protected]> *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 _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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