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10 September 2024 at 19:01 #1719
M0PWX
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    welcome to the hobby

    congrats on becoming licensed and it sounds like you have already found ham radio has many facets

    HF depends on the amount of space you have for an antenna and budget for a transceiver, good news you can now build kits like the QDX or QMX from QRP-labs https://qrp-labs.com/qmx.html so a little 5w HF digital mode / CW transceiver for about £100-£150 depending on options

    Xiegu do a G90 20w with built in ATU for about £400 then you start going into £1000+ for icom/yaesu etc for new,

    2nd hand there are plenty out there, but see it working first

    any questions ask, my email is my callsign at outlook.com

    73

    Peter
    M0PWX (not pete M0PSX who runs the site)

    • This reply was modified 3 weeks, 6 days ago by M0PWX.