6 or 10 to 80 would suit your needs. 160 ia a ham band, but one needs the King Ranch for an antenna.
By the time you pay for the one band rig, something like the 718 or even the 7300 comes into play. On HF, DO NOT RUSH TO BUY. ASK. LOOK AROUND. ASK OTHER HAMS IF YOU CAN SEE THEIR RIGS. BE CV19 AWARE Dominic Mazoch ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Mike Lambert via BVARC <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: Mike Lambert <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [BVARC] Newbie's first HF radio Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2021 22:38:55 -0500 Ditto on the single band radio. Belton Hamfest is October 2nd. Black Friday is in November. Pick your top 2 radios and go shopping. Your antenna may be the bigger hurdle. Mike KI5MIK On 9/13/2021 10:08 PM, Jimmy Vance via BVARC wrote: > I'd strongly suggest staying away from a single band radio. Many good > used 10-160m +6m 100W radios out there in the $300-$700 dollar range  > Watch for something like a Yaesu FT-450 or ICOM 706MKIIG on the used > market > > --jv > > > On 9/13/2021 9:38 PM, cw3sting via BVARC wrote: >> The FCC already has my upgrade to General in the database. Much >> thanks for the excellent job by the VE's who gave me the exam and >> took care of the paperwork. >> >> Now that I have more of the HF world open to me, I'm looking for >> advice on an entry level (i.e. cheap) HF radio. I don't do CW, so my >> initial needs will be voice and data. >> >> My leaning is toward the MFJ-9420X, but I'm open to suggestions. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> 73 >> Mark Stingley >> KI5QVL >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list [email protected] http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
