Post #4259167
2026-07-30 16:00 UTC
@croyle@wandering.shop @tsherrygeo@m.ai6yr.org
It's one of the few superhet radios you can still get new as well.
Superhet = glorious sound you can listen to all day.
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@flyingsaceur@ioc.exchange 2026-07-31 00:34
@kilroy_was_here@dobbs.town @croyle@wandering.shop @tsherrygeo@m.ai6yr.org from everything I’ve heard, the starter advice I wish I had gotten when I got my General ticket two years ago would be to just get one of these as a starter HF rig. At USD 600 that’s Xiegu money, you get 6m and a detachable face. You don’t want an ATU when learning the ins and outs of HF antennas, but the 100 watts will prevent a lot of early frustration I don’t have one yet, but want that as a perfect pairing to the no nonsense FTM-150RASP, which despite having menus has the right number of knobs