Unknown wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 00:43:55 -0800, Plod's Conscience wrote:

This is reposted because this week's thread was hijacked by the
very Childish Broadcasters (CBers) warned against. Remember that
Ham Radio is a technical pursuit for gentlemen

So only people with pricks - that explains a lot!

, and not some
mindless operating hobby for Cheque-Book (CB) wielding thickos!



Hmmmmmm .......

Price of CB rig - typical 50 quid.
Price of average radio amateur HF+2m+70cm import setup 1000 quid up.


Err, FT817 at Martin Lynch.... £448.99. Covers all the bands you
mention and not even close to £1000, in fact, not even half that amount.

FT817 gives you access to 17.44MHz of Amateur allocations in any mode
for £448.99. A typical 80 channel CB gives you access to about 0.8Mhz
in FM only.

Price per MHz for the FT817 = £25.74
Price per MHz for the CB = £62.50

No wonder all these CBers are clamouring to get an M3 licence. As they
say, it's multi-band and multi-mode CB on the cheap!