[Elecraft] Help me choose my first HF rig

[Phil Wheeler]

Re "I am not naming radio names.": Ah, come on 
George -- give us some hints so we can guess :-)

Phil W7OX

On 4/13/17 3:43 PM, George Thornton wrote:
> My experience was different.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> New HAMS often waste a lot of money on purchases they later regret.
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> I have never been dissatisfied with any Elecraft purchase.
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> From: Elecraft [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric J
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2017 2:26 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Help me choose my first HF rig
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Eric
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> KE6US
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> On 4/13/2017 12:31 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT wrote:
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>> But if we're really talking "first radio" then any good clean
>> semi-recent HF rig would do nicely.
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