Congratulations on the General. Unlike everyone else, my recommendation is going to be that you try before you buy. There are several operating events coming up. Tis the season. If you can, try to make it out to these local events and do some operating with your new license on other's gear. That will allow you to play with the radios and peripherals and determine what makes you happy. Question the owners. Have them demonstrate the bells and whistles. Learn how the filters work. Especially take a trip through the menu system if the radio has one. Figure out what functions can be accessed from the front panel and which require a trip through the menu system of hell (o:
If you can, take a trip up to our local Amateur Radio store in Spring. They usually have some radios out that you can play with as well. Good luck. Seven Three, Michael - K5WRN http://www.qrz.com/db/K5WRN On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 7:24 AM, JP Pritchard via BVARC <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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