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Originally Posted by Kymmy
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 |
My entire set-up cost me £90 back in 1992.
That's where Ham Radio doesn't interest me - I only used CB as a cheap and easy way of staying in touch with my mates pre-mobile phones. When the skip was active I'd chat to whoever was passing by but speaking to people in other countries was a novelty that quickly wore off. If I feel the need to speak to people around the world I'll use the internet. If I want to stay in touch with mates I'll use my phone. The whole CB/Ham Radio thing just does nothing for me anymore. I still have my set-up in my parents' attic, I wanted to keep it there incase an emergency hits the country and all mobile communication goes down - yeah I'm ready for the Apocalypse
- but past that.....I've long since moved on.