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out as a ham. Thanks
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Mike
Depends... 1. BUDGET? 2. Operations 3. And how far you want to go.
1.Budget.. you need to know how much you want or can spend. A modest mobile rig will go for about $150. While a handheld a little less pending bells and whistles.
2. Operations.. what do you want to do? Local repeater work? Maybe work some DX on 6 meters? Or maybe the fav of HF? How about satellite? Packet? Slowscan TV, Fast Scan TV? APRS? Oppurtunites are endless.
3. How far do you want to go...? Some people are fine with doing local work on one antenna. Others seem compelled to have a tower farm. Again, oppurtunites are endless, and so is the price tag. As far as experience goes with equipment, stay away from the Radio Shack HTX-252 2 meter (144MHZ)25 watt mobile radio. It only has 10 memories and is a POS! Price the same as the Icom 2100, with 100 memories, 50 watts of power, dual color display. Etc etc.
$200 will get you a decent 2 meter rig and antenna for the car. $250 same rig and base antenna for house. Again, depending on what you want will depend on the price. Good luck and happy hamming. Mike KC2JGA
"www.activesignals.com" wrote in message news:
I will try this again. With do you think is the best equipment to start out as a ham. Thanks -- Keep the volume up
www.activesignals.com has a forum board. www.activesignals.com for all listeners. www.activesignals.com is a lot of fun. www.activesignals.com is worth the look.
Depends...
1. BUDGET?
2. Operations
3. And how far you want to go.
1.Budget.. you need to know how much you want or can spend. A modest mobile
rig will go for about $150. While a handheld a little less pending bells and
whistles.
2. Operations.. what do you want to do? Local repeater work? Maybe work some
DX on 6 meters? Or maybe the fav of HF? How about satellite? Packet?
Slowscan TV, Fast Scan TV? APRS? Oppurtunites are endless.
3. How far do you want to go...? Some people are fine with doing local work
on one antenna. Others seem compelled to have a tower farm. Again,
oppurtunites are endless, and so is the price tag.
As far as experience goes with equipment, stay away from the Radio Shack
HTX-252 2 meter (144MHZ)25 watt mobile radio. It only has 10 memories and is
a POS! Price the same as the Icom 2100, with 100 memories, 50 watts of
power, dual color display. Etc etc.
$200 will get you a decent 2 meter rig and antenna for the car.
$250 same rig and base antenna for house.
Again, depending on what you want will depend on the price.
Good luck and happy hamming.
Mike
KC2JGA
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I will try this again. With do you think is the best equipment to start
out as a ham. Thanks
--
Keep the volume up
www.activesignals.com has a forum board.
www.activesignals.com for all listeners.
www.activesignals.com is a lot of fun.
www.activesignals.com is worth the look.
Depends... 1. BUDGET? 2. Operations 3. And how far you want to go.
1.Budget.. you need to know how much you want or can spend. A modest mobile rig will go for about $150. While a handheld a little less pending bells and whistles.
2. Operations.. what do you want to do? Local repeater work? Maybe work some DX on 6 meters? Or maybe the fav of HF? How about satellite? Packet? Slowscan TV, Fast Scan TV? APRS? Oppurtunites are endless.
3. How far do you want to go...? Some people are fine with doing local work on one antenna. Others seem compelled to have a tower farm. Again, oppurtunites are endless, and so is the price tag. As far as experience goes with equipment, stay away from the Radio Shack HTX-252 2 meter (144MHZ)25 watt mobile radio. It only has 10 memories and is a POS! Price the same as the Icom 2100, with 100 memories, 50 watts of power, dual color display. Etc etc.
$200 will get you a decent 2 meter rig and antenna for the car. $250 same rig and base antenna for house. Again, depending on what you want will depend on the price. Good luck and happy hamming. Mike KC2JGA
"www.activesignals.com" wrote in message news:
I will try this again. With do you think is the best equipment to start out as a ham. Thanks -- Keep the volume up
www.activesignals.com has a forum board. www.activesignals.com for all listeners. www.activesignals.com is a lot of fun. www.activesignals.com is worth the look.
John LeMay
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:23:40 -0500, www.activesignals.com wrote:
I will try this again. With do you think is the best equipment to start out as a ham. Thanks
Purchase what you can afford for use on bands you want to use. Chances are you will get the most "bang for the buck" out of an HT as your first rig. I went with a Kenwood TH-F6A as my first rig when I got my ticket back in January. I've since added a couple dual band mobile rigs to my equipment list. If I were buying an HT now, I'd probably go for the new Yaesu.
-- John LeMay Senior Technical Manager NJMC, LLC Technology Solutions for Business
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:23:40 -0500, www.activesignals.com wrote:
I will try this again. With do you think is the best equipment to start
out as a ham. Thanks
Purchase what you can afford for use on bands you want to use. Chances are
you will get the most "bang for the buck" out of an HT as your
first rig. I went with a Kenwood TH-F6A as my first rig when I got my
ticket back in January. I've since added a couple dual band mobile rigs to
my equipment list. If I were buying an HT now, I'd probably go for the
new Yaesu.
--
John LeMay
Senior Technical Manager
NJMC, LLC
Technology Solutions for Business
On Tue, 30 Dec 2003 17:23:40 -0500, www.activesignals.com wrote:
I will try this again. With do you think is the best equipment to start out as a ham. Thanks
Purchase what you can afford for use on bands you want to use. Chances are you will get the most "bang for the buck" out of an HT as your first rig. I went with a Kenwood TH-F6A as my first rig when I got my ticket back in January. I've since added a couple dual band mobile rigs to my equipment list. If I were buying an HT now, I'd probably go for the new Yaesu.
-- John LeMay Senior Technical Manager NJMC, LLC Technology Solutions for Business
