Make sure you check out the Ten-Tec Orion. Perhaps a bit complex, but I was
out of ham radio for 15 years and just got going again about one month ago.
I took delivery of my Orion on last Friday, and so far it's working fine. I
have it connected to a ground mounted Butternut HF6V.

John, N9JG

"JET" lifehelth at comcast dot net wrote in message
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Thanks for the great advice OM, but since I am now in my late 50's.. small
does not seem to be that much of an option, the pc interface sounds
interesting tho..
And yes a great sky hook can overcome some limits on the radio end, but
with all the QRM I read about, it sounds like I will be looking for one
with great filters and DSP capability,