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You are starting out, you DON'T need to spend a lot. Your effort should be on the antenna and not the radio. Look at the used market and get something that is in your price range. I personally don't like the do all rigs like the Ts-2000 that has been mentioned. My thought is if one side of it dies your out of luck on the rest. Look at older rigs as well like the Yaesu Ft-847 and like. There is little need for SSB on 2m or 70cm as that is a waste of money. Get your General ticket, go to Home Depot and buy some wire and build a dipole and have at it. You will learn more by getting on the air and listening. The main thing is get on the air.

You can truly work the world on 100 watts and some wire strung in the trees.

[QUOTE="w9cll, post: 563089, member: 29506"] You are starting out, you DON'T need to spend a lot. Your effort should be on the antenna and not the radio. Look at the used market and get something that is in your price range. I personally don't like the do all rigs like the Ts-2000 that has been mentioned. My thought is if one side of it dies your out of luck on the rest. Look at older rigs as well like the Yaesu Ft-847 and like. There is little need for SSB on 2m or 70cm as that is a waste of money. Get your General ticket, go to Home Depot and buy some wire and build a dipole and have at it. You will learn more by getting on the air and listening. The main thing is get on the air. You can truly work the world on 100 watts and some wire strung in the trees. [/QUOTE]

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