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I am a newly licensed technician, study for the general exam. I plan to
purchase an HF rig soon and would appreciate suggestions on a good starter
rig. I am budgeting $800 for a rig and antenna. I would be happy with a
good used rig but I am not sure where to start looking for information.

Thanks,

Jim KI6ISQ


If base is what you like a good small rig without too much cost could be a
Icom 718.
Big Readout, front fire speaker, built in DSP. Find one that has had the
AGC mod done to it if possible.
There is a recent Mod that is much better than the ones out there now.

Its not a bad unit without it.
Good TS50s Kenwoods are also a great rig base or Mobile. In fact its
Noise blanker is hard to beet.

Some used solid-state Heathkits are also very good.

Just a few.

Thanks for the solid advice. I went eHam and checked the reviews and these
are great suggestions.

Jim