let me put it to you this way.... a newbie on hf wants to hear
everything, a vertical will work great for that. work all the countries
you can and get your dxcc. then when you have done the 'broadband'
thing, you get a beam to be able to narrow in on the rare ones. at some
point you get a linear, first small and then bigger. i have 32kv power
lines on the east side of my house. 5 feet from the house. i mounted my
crank up tower right against the back of the house in the center from
east to west. it actually turned out that when the antenna is up, it
will not fall on the power line.
i went with an icom 756, then the icom 756 pro, now i have an icom
ic-9100 because it has 2m/70cm/6m and all the hf bands. it is also
satellite ready (i am big into satellites). you can add a 1.2g module if
you want as well. i added d-star.
keep one thing in mind. this hobby is like a boat. you can spend and
spend and spend and trade and trade and trade. eventually you either get
what you want or you run out of money. :-)
73...bruce
On 4/28/2016 6:19 PM, JP Pritchard via BVARC wrote:
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
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*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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