Ham Radio Questions
My ham ticket expired somewhere in the 1970's. I am thinking of getting back into it, but have a couple of questions? I had an advanced class license. Do I have to go through the complete exam, or can...
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Art Davis wrote:
Thanks for the response, Ron. Good info. Have you had a chance to make comparisons between your Yaesu and the (significantly cheaper) iCom and Baofeng transceivers?
P.S. The Yaesu now goes for $172 on Amazon. Is there a better source?
Art,
Actually, I skipped the part where I first purchased a TYT handheld... which is also a Chinese brand (about $110). While it worked fine, it was really hard to figure out how to program it. The manual was clearly a Chinese to English translation and hard to understand.
You could purchase the Baofeng, along with the RT System program to make programming it easier, and it would save you a few bucks.
I bought my Yaesu at Ham Radio Outlet here in San Diego for $154. The equivalent Icom IC-T70A sells for $200. If you want a mono band HT (2 meter), you would save a few bucks on both manufacturer's products... but I think it is worth the small price difference to get dual band.
Ron
