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FORTUNATELY, ALL REVIEWS FROM JANUARY 1980 ON ARE AVAILABLE TO ARRL MEMBERS
AT WWW.  ARRL.  ORG/MEMBERS ONLY/ PRODREV.  AT THE HIGH END WEVE ALL HEARD
SOMEONE ON THE AIR SAY MY WIFE GOT ME MY NEW TRANSCEIVER FOR THE HOLIDAYS,
SO IT DOES OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN AND IT CANT HURT TO HAVE ONE IN MIND.  WE
WROTE AN ARTICLE EARLIER THIS YEAR ON HOW TO SELECT AN HF TRANSCEIVER.  AS
NOTED THERE, PRICES FOR NEW HF TRANSCEIVERS RANGE FROM AROUND 550 TO 15,000
A DYNAMIC RANGE OF MORE THAN 14 DB.  FORTUNATELY, MOST OF THE MATERIAL IN
THAT ARTICLE IS STILL CURRENT.  IF THERE IS A NEW TRANSCEIVER, DETERMINE
ITS SPECS AND COSTS AND SEE WHERE IT FITS IN THE TABLES IN THAT ARTICLE.
LAY THE REQUIREMENTS OF YOUR OPERATING STYLE AGAINST THE FEATURES AS
TEMPERED BY THE COST AND SEE WHERE YOU END UP.  FIGURE 1 SHOWS A SELECTION
OF CURRENT MID PRICE HF TRANSCEIVERS.  IN ADDITION TO TRANSCEIVERS, THERE
ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THAT COULD BE IN THE MAJOR PRESENT CATEGORY.  I
WOULD INCLUDE AMPLIFIERS, MANY ANTENNA SYSTEMS, SOME MAJOR TRANSCEIVER
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2 14 1,284 ORG AB9RB 384 2 8 1,274 IN Sun Country ARS W4CW 287 2 5 1,266
NFL Branchburg OEM N2B 250 2 6 1,250 NNJ Mid Island RA VE7MIR 147 2 10
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