Wow! Great suggestions and recommendations, as well as wise counsel. Thank you very much for taking the time to respond. And to those who offered to loan me rigs to try, I will take you up on that. But I can't really test drive anything until I get an antenna up. In that regard, I am not so much held back by the HOA as I am the cramped quarters of my back yard and its proximity of power lines. I'm thinking my best shot may be a broadband vertical of some kind. I hate to say it, but a person would probably have to see the siutation to make a recommendation. I live in the Braeburn Valley subdivision, near S Braeswood and S. Gessner. If there are volunteers I'd love to hear from you. Otherwise, I'll soon make a choice and get to erecting it, whatever it turns out to be. Again, thanks again to all. JP KG5MBG
_____ From: BVARC [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of JP Pritchard via BVARC Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2016 7:25 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
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