[geeks] Moved to geeks: Cheap Ham radios (was Dayton Hamfest)

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On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 4:08 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson <gsm at mendelson.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 06:13:10AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
> > I was flipping through various Ham retail sites and stumbled across this
> Icom
> > HF radio (160 Meters -> 10 Meters, AM, SSB, CW at 100 Watts (40 on AM))
> that
> > is available for $545-595 (currently a $50 rebate available).[0] That, in
> my
> > mind is a good, cheap HF radio for starting with... Of course, you would
> need
> > a 20 Amp 12 Volt power supply in the house, so figure on another $100-150
> for
> > that...
>
> There is a big difference between $600 and $200, even with a rebate.
>
> If you read the fine print, it was reviewed in QST, July 2000, so it's
> been on the market for 8 to 9 years.
>
> Geoff.
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel gsm at mendelson.com  N3OWJ/4X1GM
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