On Mar 17, 10:18 am, "Jeff" wrote:
Thanks, I should've also mentioned that I probably don't (ok, right
now...maybe
in the future) plan to do any mobile transmitting with my new radio.
I *might*
buy something used to put in my car...but truthfully my commute is
about
10 mins each way to work so I don't spend tons of time on the road.
What I'm trying to find is a really good/versatile non-mobile rig for
my
home office/den. Thanks for any suggestions/help.

-Jeff

Jeff,

You might want to go and check out the equipment review pages on eham
(http://www.eham.net/reviews/). You will find more in-depth
information relating to each rig that you are researching on that
site. There aren't really any bad rigs, just some are designed to
perform certain modes/tasks better than others, and certain
manufacture's rigs seem to perform some modes better across the board.
If I was really into CW as my main mode of operating, I would get a
Ten-Tec. Most CW ops really rave about how well the Ten-Tec's perform
for that mode. Most of my gear is either Yaesu or Icom, but mostly
Yaesu. I like DX'ing, contesting, and just general HF work, and
Yaesu's receivers tend to sound better to my ears and their noise
reduction circuits seem to perform a little better than most, but
Icom's duty cycle tends to be better on their transmitters, so I would
tend to lean towards Icom if I was doing a lot of digital modes that
use more than 50% duty cycles, if you want to do a lot of remote
control operating I would consider the newer Kenwoods, they have a
plug and play system to interface certain Kenwood HT's with their HF
rigs, IMO Kenwood used to make some of the nicest rigs ever made,
especially the 940's and 950SDX, but a lot depends on what modes you
are going to operate. Good luck with your decision.


Dloyd