Hi Steve, I see you're in Eureka, less than a half-day drive from me (Belmont is just south of SF). That gives me an idea for your first HF rig.
I have an Icom IC-730S transceiver in the attic that you can have it you don't mind picking it up. It's a good, basic HF radio. It's the 10- watt model, purchased by my dad in Hong Kong, not the 100-W standard IC-730. As a mostly-QRP guy I found this to be a feature :) I worked all over the world with this thing. Then I used it as a piece of test equipment in the early days of Elecraft when Eric and and designed the K2. I still have the matching power supply, speaker, and manual. If you eventually get a different HF rig, you could donate the '730S to another new licensee or a club. Let me know if you're interested. 73, Wayne N6KR Steve Hamon wrote: > Hello--I am perplexed about the choice of which HF rig to get. I just > passed my General and am trying to put together my first "shack." I > have > heard fantastic, rave reviews about the Flex and also about the > KX3. My > only concerns about the KX3 is that after putting out about $1,500 > for the > basic KX3 and Tuner and Filter added, I still will only have a 10 watt > unit. I want it to be my mobile and my base unit. Will I have to > chuck > out another thousand bucks for the 100 watt amp? ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
