My experience was different. My first HF radio was one of those that had all the features including VHF/UHF. I thought it was a good buy at under $2000 because it was so versatile. I am not naming radio names.
The problem is the receiver on that rig was absolutely horrible. As a new HF operator in an urban location, I already had a handicap because I did not have a top quality antenna. End result was the HF operation on that rig proved mostly useless. I ended up selling the rig after about two years, complete waste of money. I would say that, looking at Sherwood Engineering test data, any of those rigs in the first 10-20 is going to perform more than adequately for casual use. New HAMS often waste a lot of money on purchases they later regret. I have never been dissatisfied with any Elecraft purchase. From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric J Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Help me choose my first HF rig Best advice so far, Lynn. To the OP: Get something, then GET ON THE AIR. Nobody learns from reading specs and opinions. It isn't the way to find your first rig, and probably wasn't the way you picked your first girlfriend. Play the field. The learning starts when you take the plunge. You'll know what you want out of the next rig. Good used rigs aren't expensive, and if you buy wisely, you can get most if not all your money back for the next rig. Eric KE6US On 4/13/2017 12:31 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote: > > > But if we're really talking "first radio" then any good clean > semi-recent HF rig would do nicely. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
