Bill Baka wrote:

I looked and like the radios but I am only looking for a receiver and
don't want to spend a ton of money. Also, any decent mobile should have
a noise blanker, not just a limiter. I did like the built in antenna
tuner but it seems a transmitter would be needed to optimize things.
Thanks,

Those were just examples. There are many old rigs, Icom's 706 has gone through
3 or 4 generations, the low power version (703) has gone through 2 or 3,
Alinco and Kenwood have also made similar rigs, Yaseu has made 2 versions of
the 817 and so on.

While the new ones are expensive, some of the older ones may be available
a lot cheaper.

Depending upon which one you get, you can get various filter options or DSP.

For example, there were two Kenwood TS-50s HF rigs which sold on eBay for
less than $500 in the last week. While I am not a fan of eBay, that should
be a good guage of the price.

An original (no DSP) IC-706 sold for around the same price. It adds VHF
coverage and possibly can be used as a scanner. The latest version (mark IIG)
includes VHF and UHF, DSP and receives from .03-199 and 400-470 MHz.

The ICOM and Kenwood are two piece units, the front panel comes off and can
be mounted in the passenger compartment, while the transmitter is mounted
in the trunk. The Yaseu is one single unit.

Geoff.

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Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM