I've never used one of those and there are some on here who love them. 
I think they're a little pricy, but that is just my opinion.  Basicly it 
depends on how much you have to spend, then see what is out there in 
that price range.  I think the 590 is one heck of a radio for the money 
and many of us on here have that one.  The Kenwoods are the most 
accessible.  One of the best bang for the buck radios in my opinion is 
the Icom 718, I think around $700 plus you'd need a voice board.  I 
think the 590 is around $1600 and the Kenwood 480 around a grand.
HTH
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On Mon, 
23 Jul 2012, Mike Barnard wrote:

>>
>> Mike, again with a few questions!  Right now I am using a Winradio
>> 305 to listen to the bands.  Last night my friends, who have
>> inspired me to get my ham license  were talking and for my benefit
>> were talking about different radios.  but as they started to talk
>> about them the band faided, noise and all came in, and I didn't hear
>> much of any of it.  All I could hear was elecraft had some rigs that
>> I might like.
>> After that of course the band improved again.  It was like the radio
>> god didn't want me to hear what they were saying.
>> Can anyone tell me about those radios.
>> 73.
>> KD2CDU.
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