Re: Best HF rig for new ham?
By: Diamond Dave to All on Sat Mar 23 2013 21:16:56
I got my ham radio license just over a year ago (tech in Jan 2012,
upgraded to general in Feb. 2012).
I'm in the market for a HF rig. I already bought an off center dipole antenna, but still not sure what kind of HF rig I want to get.
I am looking at three HF rigs under consideration:
Kenwood TS-2000 (HF/6/2/440)
Yaesu FT-950D
ICOM IC-7410 (the replacement for the famous IC-746 Pro)
I'm not really sure of the features, or how much money you plan on forking out on a rig. Just know good HF rigs go between $900 and $3,000.00 new. I do the mobile stuff my self and love my Yaesu FT-857D. Apparently the 950D is no where near the FT-857D. The 857D does 70cm, 2m, 6m, and 10m->160m with the ability to auto-adjust an ATAS-200 antennae for any freuency between 2m and 40m on the ATAS-200. I use a little tarheel 2 myself. All three of the companies make comparible rigs, you can find a Yaesu with 2m/70cm/6m support as well. Te biggest differences tend to be what type of controls you like.
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