[SixClub] Newly Licensed Operators & Sticker Shock

[martin glazer]

I think I would look at either a used Icom 706 or Icom 706mk2(g) or the Yaesu ft-817 or Yaesu 857 or Yaesu 897, or the Yaesu ft-100d. I have allways like compact radios.  I would get a subscription to the QST magazine and download the  ARRL Labs equiptment review  for any radio that I was interested in buying. There is a ham radio newsgroup for ham radio stuff for sale, I woudl subscribe to that group also. I have the advantage that the TRW swapmeet, is not very far from my home QTH. Some pretty good deals show up there also.I am sure that all kinds of good deals show up at the Dayton Ham convention. I think that you should look into sybscribing to the eham.net and look at the classifieds section there. I think that the radios sold on the eham.net classified section are Far better deals  that some of the radios advertised on ebay.

Good luck

Howard Bingham <howardb at hal-pc.org> wrote: At 04:55 PM 6/5/2006, you wrote:
>I would strongly recommend that you avoid the ranger. Get the best 
>radio that  you can afford
>
>"Clark B. Manor"  wrote:  Hey you guys!
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Suggest anything in the under $ 500. price bracket that beginners 
could afford..!

The only thing I have found is the Yaesu FT-8900 (Which I would have 
bought IF I didn't already have other VHF & UHF equipment.).

Other than the Yaesu, there are few choices & those are mostly HF 
radios costing $ 1,000. and above, with the emphasis on ABOVE..!

Howard Bingham
KE5APJ

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