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Originally Posted by Russ
I remember one local Ham who spent thousands on kit and never managed to get any good dx-ing but with my Cobra 148, Antron 99, 50w burner and Astatic Teardrop Mic I could regularly get over to Europe as I simply knew how to ride the skip better than he could. He didn't like me very much  |
Where my HF kit and antenna set me back a grand total of £150 : FT80c (commencial version of the FT747GX) going through a half size G5RV and a MFJ versa tuner II. That's got me contacts in Australia, Japan, South America and South Africa.
You don't need to spend a lot to enjoy the hobby.
Russ it might be of interest to you that there is also a QRP side to ham radio which followers use minimal power to get all over the world.. The limits can be 5w for morse and 10w for SSB and equipment is more often than not little home made kits capable of a only a single band.
http://www.gqrp.com/about.htm