I want to throw my 2 cents as I have only been licensed for 2 years. I would get the Yaesu 857D, it does everything a newbie needs and you still have money for power supply and auto/manual tuner. This way it can used as portable, mobile, and base. It will connect to your pc and do most things the more expensive rigs will do. Then, save some money and once you know what you really want in a rig, you can sell your current one for almost as much as you paid for it, and get the one you really want. Or, get the one you really want and use the 857D as your portable/backup rig. You just cant beat the portability of the 857D with its features at $850. And there is my 2 cents.
Thanks for listening Steve KF5YYZ Sent from my iPhone On Apr 28, 2016, at 8:32 PM, Randy Pugh via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: I would recommend looking at reviews of each brand and model you are considering.Congrats on your upgrade.73s de AA5OA. On Thu, Apr 28, 2016 at 6:24 AM, JP Pritchard via BVARC <[email protected]<mailto:[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]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org _______________________________________________ BVARC mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org
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