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

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The ft101 was a miserable rig that wandered all over.   Kenwood 520  
bit nicer to use. A.

On 19 May 2008, at 05:14, Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at verizon.net>  
wrote:

>> From: wa2egp at att.net
>> Date: 2008/05/18 Sun PM 11:05:25 EDT
>> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] Moved to geeks: Cheap Ham radios (was Dayton   
>> Hamfest)
>
> <snip>
>
>> It would be nice to have a cheap rig.  The cheapest, new HF rig of  
>> decent power runs around $500-550.  A little expensive for  
>> beginning hams and those reentering the hobby.
>
> The "cheap" radios of days gone by (Henry Radio Tempo One, Yaseu  
> FT-101, Kenwood TS-520) all cost around $500-700, IIRC - but those  
> were 1970's US dollars. Five or six hundred dollars today is much  
> more affordable today than it was then...
>
> Lionel
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