[SMCARA] first Base station

[Tom Clarke]

Hi Robert,

Welcome to a fun hobby.  You will get lots of good info here. Pete's 
WA4EIO, recommendation to borrow a couple of different rigs sounds like 
a good idea.  BTW the club has a couple of "loaners" available- an ICOM 
725 and 735 HF rigs.  The "do everything"  rigs are nice, but I like 
having a separate V/UHF rig, especially now that a new digital mode 
(DStar, DMR,P25, etc) seem to pop up frequently which would leave your 
"DC to Light" rig wanting!

The older Icom HF only rigs I mentioned are good for getting a taste of 
HF, but the newer rigs mention have an amazing array of features to play 
with.  Either way, you'll have a blast finding out what you really want.

Personally I have an Elecraft K-3 for HF+6M and an IC-880H for V/UHF 
with DStar.  I use an Icom IC-7000 for portable/mobile and it is nice to 
have the HF plus V/UHF in the same box (less stuff to tote around!).

73 Tom/W4OKW/7

On 3/3/2016 8:07 AM, Robert Yates wrote:
> I am looking to get my base station. I am studding to get my General so I
> want one that will let me work on HF and VHF and UHF. Any suggestions would
> be help full with the knowledge from the club members I should be able to
> pick out what I will need. I have looked at a few but I want to hear about
> other station.
> Thanks for any help.
> Bob KC3GLJ
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