If you're willing to do a few repairs and/or look for awhile you can get
good gear for very cheap. My HF rig is a Kenwood TS-520 that I only paid
$225 CDN for. Goto your local ham club meetings and put out the word
that you're looking for a rig, sometimes you can get one free that just
needs a few repairs or get one for a good price.


Alex
VE3LEG

G. Doughty wrote:
I have been looking at the Heathkit hw-101, the atlas 210x, and various alinco
mobiles. My main concern is cost. I only have 250-300 to spend on this unit.
I am obviously not particular about type. Is it cheaper to get a mobile and
use it as a transceiver or just get an old base station and use that? I am
really quite interested in the old analog dial types. Any suggestions? CW is
a must.

G. Doughty
KI4BBL
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