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A Lemmy Community to share links about and for amateur (ham) radio to advance the technology, and promote communication and international goodwill. This community IS NOT for CB, GMRS, MURS, FRS, etc topics unless they are related to ham radio in some way.

We won't tolerate personal insults, illegal activity, or anything contrary to good amateur practice.

If asking questions about regulations, please include your country because we recognize that, while the hobby is international, regulations often aren't.

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Just passed my Technician test!! Looking into the Anytone 878. Is this a good or bad first unit? (mastodon.social)

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@amateur_radio Just passed my Technician test!! Looking into the Anytone 878. Is this a good or bad first unit?

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[–] AG7LR@lemmy.radio 3 points 10 months ago

You will want an HF radio to make use of your general class privileges. The Yaesu FT-710 and Icom IC-7300 are good HF base station radios, but will cost around $1000 not including a power supply, antennas, and coax. If you want something cheaper, you can look at the Xiegu G90. It doesn't have as good of a receiver and it's lower powered, but it's half the price and more portable. None of these will do 2M or 70CM, so you will need another radio if you want to work local repeaters.