I'm shopping & researching the market for what I hope to be my first all band HF rig. Not interested in anything for mobile use, it'll be for the shack, and my budget is narrow, so I'll probably have to buy stuff one piece at a time until I have the radio, power supply, antenna tuner, and antenna....
At this point in time I'm leaning towards.....
For an HF rig, the Icom IC-718
Antenna tuner, the Icom AH-4
Antenna, a G5RV
Power supply, any good brand that delivers minimum 25 amps continuous power.
The IC-718 comes with a built-in control circuit for the AH-4 automatic antenna tuner, and this is going on the assumption that this tuner will work properly with the G5RV antenna....if I'm wrong on this, please enlighten me.....
I'd like to keep the whole package at or as close to $1,000.00 as possible, and I prefer going with new equipment so I don't get stuck with someone else's mistakes or problems.......
Any thoughts, opinions, or recomendations welcomed.......
At this point in time I'm leaning towards.....
For an HF rig, the Icom IC-718
Antenna tuner, the Icom AH-4
Antenna, a G5RV
Power supply, any good brand that delivers minimum 25 amps continuous power.
The IC-718 comes with a built-in control circuit for the AH-4 automatic antenna tuner, and this is going on the assumption that this tuner will work properly with the G5RV antenna....if I'm wrong on this, please enlighten me.....
I'd like to keep the whole package at or as close to $1,000.00 as possible, and I prefer going with new equipment so I don't get stuck with someone else's mistakes or problems.......
Any thoughts, opinions, or recomendations welcomed.......