I'll be getting my technician ticket soon, and am looking for a mobile to use both in the Jeep and in the house.
I would like to have a mobile all/multi-mode with at least 6/2/70. 10 meter would be a plus, but not absolutely necessary. Is there such a thing, or do I need to buy some expensive HF/UHF/VHF rig to have more than just FM in a mobile?
If there is no such thing, I guess I'll save my pennies and buy all flavors rig. I'll get my general ticket at some point anyway so I'll be able to use those HF bands (I've already got a bunch of towers erected all around my house, and I didn't even have to put them up. They are called "trees." :laugh: )
It's just that those radios are a bit above my budget. I'm disabled and on a small fixed income, and I was hoping to spend about $500 or less on my first rig, which is all I can afford right now--hence the "saving my pennies" part. But it's going to drive me crazy if I get my ticket and don't have a radio. I want to be able to hit the PTT as soon as I see my call sign!
I also understand that those all flavors rigs don't perform quite as well as the more dedicated rigs, which is another reason why I hoped to just get an all-mode UHF/VHF rig. Then I would add an HF base station later on after I get my general, since I don't plan to do mobile HF anyway.
If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate hearing them.
And yeah, I searched. In fact, I have been searching and researching for weeks now, and my head is full of model numbers and specs and all kinds of crap, in addition to my license studies. My poor malfunctioning brain is pretty overloaded right now, so if I missed an obvious answer somewhere, I apologize.
Thanks.
I would like to have a mobile all/multi-mode with at least 6/2/70. 10 meter would be a plus, but not absolutely necessary. Is there such a thing, or do I need to buy some expensive HF/UHF/VHF rig to have more than just FM in a mobile?
If there is no such thing, I guess I'll save my pennies and buy all flavors rig. I'll get my general ticket at some point anyway so I'll be able to use those HF bands (I've already got a bunch of towers erected all around my house, and I didn't even have to put them up. They are called "trees." :laugh: )
It's just that those radios are a bit above my budget. I'm disabled and on a small fixed income, and I was hoping to spend about $500 or less on my first rig, which is all I can afford right now--hence the "saving my pennies" part. But it's going to drive me crazy if I get my ticket and don't have a radio. I want to be able to hit the PTT as soon as I see my call sign!
I also understand that those all flavors rigs don't perform quite as well as the more dedicated rigs, which is another reason why I hoped to just get an all-mode UHF/VHF rig. Then I would add an HF base station later on after I get my general, since I don't plan to do mobile HF anyway.
If anyone has any ideas I'd appreciate hearing them.
And yeah, I searched. In fact, I have been searching and researching for weeks now, and my head is full of model numbers and specs and all kinds of crap, in addition to my license studies. My poor malfunctioning brain is pretty overloaded right now, so if I missed an obvious answer somewhere, I apologize.
Thanks.