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Offline Matthew

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Re: Ham Radio
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2019, 03:14:30 PM »
Bumping this thread back to the original topic -- including renaming the thread's actual title!
(which is how it appears in Latest Activity on homepage, Recent Topics page, etc.)

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Offline Matthew

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Re: Ham Radio
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2019, 03:16:28 PM »
Quote from: Mark 79 on November 08, 2019, 10:33:27 AM
Congrats.

Probably the best value in HF radios today is the ICOM IC7300.

https://icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/7300/default.aspx

With an automatic tuner, a reliable power source, and a horizontal dipole antenna, you will have good reach.

Now that we have passed solar minimum, propagation should be slowly improving.
I fully agree that this radio would be a great use of my new Amateur Extra ham license.
It seems to be around $1100 though. 
I've heard only good things about ICOM.
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Offline Mark 79

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Re: Ham Radio
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2019, 08:46:23 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on November 08, 2019, 03:16:28 PM
I fully agree that this radio would be a great use of my new Amateur Extra ham license.
It seems to be around $1100 though.
I've heard only good things about ICOM.
Or you could spend about $5k for this: https://elecraft.com/pages/k4-pre-order
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Offline Matthew

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Re: Ham Radio
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2019, 08:49:29 PM »
I feel like a college student right after exams -- you can kick back a bit on the studying; you can at least take a decent break.
I was cramming and everything. It's quite satisfying having that crossed off my list.

The exam site I found (Boerne, TX) was 1.5 hours away with traffic, but the timing was good. The next available exam in this area isn't until Nov. 16th!

Now that I got the tests taken sooner, maybe I'll even have my call sign issued in time for my birthday! hahaha  That would be a good birthday present and all, but I hope it gets here sooner than 10 days.

Maybe my kids can make some birthday chocolate chip cookies and arrange them in Morse code or something... (actually I still need to learn Morse code... they dropped that requirement from the ham exams back in 2004 I think)
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Offline Matthew

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Re: Ham Radio
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2019, 08:51:08 PM »
Quote from: Mark 79 on November 08, 2019, 08:46:23 PM
Or you could spend about $5k for this: https://elecraft.com/pages/k4-pre-order
Oh yeah! I can't afford the $1K radio, so how about a $5K one? :laugh1:
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