going to get my tech liscence and want to know what a good cheap radio
would be to get. any suggestions?


TenTec Triton 4
Kenwood TS520
Heath SB100
Heath SB101
Drake TR-3
Drake TR-4

None of those radios would be appropriate for someone getting a tech
license. Techs are limited to 50 MHz and above, those are all HF (30 MHz
and below) rigs. If you want to learn the code, and get HF privileges,
the Kenwood is a decent radio. I've used one for more than 10 years, and
as far as I know it still has the original final tubes in it (The TS-520
uses 3 tubes in the final amplifier section of the transmitter). I always
get good comments about my transmit audio.

If you only want to stay a no-code tech, you can get a decent used
VHF and/or UHF radio(s) made by Icom, Kenwood, or Yaesu, although new
radios are generally more capable and aren't that much more expensive than
the used ones.

To look up what other people are saying about used and new radios, got to
he
http://www.eham.net/reviews/

73 de N2KMF
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