Hello all,
Just got my Tech ticket,, going for my General next month, shouldn't be a problem,, I hope.
So,
Gear,, picked up a Kenwood TH234 for a REAL good price, (less that a dinner out) so I have 2m HT kind of covered for now. BUT the club I am looking into (first year free for new hams that tested there) BARC does a lot of public service stuff,, and uses DCS CCTC ect, which this radio does not have. Now,, how should I go about getting gear, Yaesu FT-60R was recommended to me, ok I can pop for that, but should I also go for mobile rig? If so,, should I look into a quad band rig to take advantage of the pwr output? Or is the HT with maybe an external ant good enough? We do have repeaters setup in the area.
Base station:
If I go mobile,, should I not go remote face, so I can bring the rig into the house to use as a base?
Thanks,
Just got my Tech ticket,, going for my General next month, shouldn't be a problem,, I hope.
So,
Gear,, picked up a Kenwood TH234 for a REAL good price, (less that a dinner out) so I have 2m HT kind of covered for now. BUT the club I am looking into (first year free for new hams that tested there) BARC does a lot of public service stuff,, and uses DCS CCTC ect, which this radio does not have. Now,, how should I go about getting gear, Yaesu FT-60R was recommended to me, ok I can pop for that, but should I also go for mobile rig? If so,, should I look into a quad band rig to take advantage of the pwr output? Or is the HT with maybe an external ant good enough? We do have repeaters setup in the area.
Base station:
If I go mobile,, should I not go remote face, so I can bring the rig into the house to use as a base?
Thanks,
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