Richard. Congratulations first of all on the General Class. I started with a Yaesu FT-450D two years ago when I got licensed and found it to be a great rig and highly reccomended. Comes with a wonderful receiver and all the filters you'll need. I made mistake selling mine when I moved up to a FT1200 Yaesu in fact cost of 450D was so affordable I should have kept for a second radio. It was really intuitive / easy to use for a first rig as well and did not require extensive menu driven controls. With a fan dipole I worked stations all around the globe and consitantly received 5/9 reports.
The Icom 7100 while not a big rig is in your price range and has HF / 2m-70CM and Dstar. I have one as well and it has some great features. Good luck, KG5BMS, Mike On Thursday, April 28, 2016, 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 > -- KG5BMS Mike
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