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sawyerrt10

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New from Souh Carolina
« on: December 08, 2014, 06:53:43 PM »
Just looking into getting a HAM radio. I followed AD here from another forum.  I have some experience with some of the military radios.  Looking to possibly get a base station and a mobile unit.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 Russ

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Re: New from Souh Carolina
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2014, 07:01:41 PM »
Hey Saw

Look into the Yaesu 857D
http://www.gigaparts.com/Product-Lines/HF-6M-VHF-UHF/Yaesu-FT-857D.html

Its probably the best bang for the buck and can be used for both base and mobile operations. 

This is the radio that "Morgan" uses.
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Re: New from Souh Carolina
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2014, 07:26:51 PM »
Let me back up.......

First off local or national/international comms?

How much money do you have to spend over what period of time?

For local comms looks at this radio
http://www.powerwerx.com/two-way-radios/mobile-radios/db-750x-dual-band-commercial-mobile.html
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Re: New from Souh Carolina
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2014, 08:00:30 PM »
The only dumb question is the one that did not get asked!!

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Re: New from Souh Carolina
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2014, 07:02:19 AM »
Just looking into getting a HAM radio. I followed AD here from another forum.  I have some experience with some of the military radios.  Looking to possibly get a base station and a mobile unit.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 Russ

G'day and welcome!

Exactly what are you hoping to accomplish with ham radio? The answer to that question will control which direction you go. Ham radio has a lot of subspecialties. Not everything is for everyone, but there is something for everyone.

Defining your goals will help other forum members offer solutions that work for you.

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Re: New from Souh Carolina
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2014, 06:30:00 PM »
Hi, Also from SC
 I would suggest getting into local comms first, and start by taking advantage of the SCHEART system of repeaters.

www.scheart.us

They are linkable allowing one to talk anywhere in the state and into Southern NC.

There is also now a complete DMR system as well, which covers most of NC and SC with an HT. Find out more here:

www.ncprn.com

And the radios are here, at $180 for hams:

http://www.connectsystems.com/products/top/radios%20CS700.htm

Depending on your location, there are smaller systems out there as well. We're fortunate here that we have repeater coverage anywhere.

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Re: New from Souh Carolina
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2014, 07:54:34 AM »
Yo, Souh -

I have to say that AD hit on a good choice for a starter radio, but there are others that fit the same mold.  It'll do for just about any service that you decide to put it to, base, mobile, portable or whatever.  One of the beauties is that it is flexible enough to give you a taste of most of the different things that ham radio can do to arrive at Tevin's suggestion to figure out what you want to specialize in if specialization is a goal.  (I mean how do you know ahead of time if (say) digi is fun, or DX is what trips your trigger?)  And yep, Tempsar has it right, local is the starting place for learning by listening.

First step, join the ARRL.  Second, study up and get a ticket.  Conventional wisdom says take the Tech and General tests at the same sitting, gets you operational across more of the ham spectra.

You betcha there are more opinions out there.  If it feels good, do it.
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