To cut to the chase, I''m in the market for a transciver that can
cover the 6 Meter band, and I'd like some advice. What I'm looking
for, is as follows.At a minumum, I wuld like to have at least 15 to 25
watts of Output Power.Coverage of the 6 Meter band is an obvious
(minimum) requrement, though as many other bands as is possible would
be nice. I'm hoping that at least some portion of 2M/1.25M/70CM/33CM
is possible, but I'll take what I can get. Being a HT would also be
nice, though I have little hope of this point being within my budget.

With that said, I'm on a rather tight budget, and am not willing to
spend substantially more then $200 (US Dollars) (nothing is absolute.
But I would need an EXTRORDINARY motivation, to go over, say, $225.),
and would strongly prefer to spend comething closer to $100 to $150.

So, does the communnity have any advice on what would make for a good,
low cost 6 Meter Transciever?

In article ,
Derek Schur wrote:

To cut to the chase, I''m in the market for a transciver that can
cover the 6 Meter band, and I'd like some advice. What I'm looking
for, is as follows.At a minumum, I wuld like to have at least 15 to 25
watts of Output Power.Coverage of the 6 Meter band is an obvious
(minimum) requrement, though as many other bands as is possible would
be nice. I'm hoping that at least some portion of 2M/1.25M/70CM/33CM
is possible, but I'll take what I can get. Being a HT would also be
nice, though I have little hope of this point being within my budget.

With that said, I'm on a rather tight budget, and am not willing to
spend substantially more then $200 (US Dollars) (nothing is absolute.
But I would need an EXTRORDINARY motivation, to go over, say, $225.),
and would strongly prefer to spend comething closer to $100 to $150.

So, does the communnity have any advice on what would make for a good,
low cost 6 Meter Transciever?

Derek-

You remind me of a cartoon I saw where a youngster had a large pile of
electronic equipment at the checkout counter and told the cashier, "Stop
when you get to $10".

There is an old Icom IC-T8A handheld FM transceiver that covers 50, 144
and 440 MHz. Icom does not make batteries for it any longer. Others
may know of a more recent radio, but I can't think of any.

Perhaps you can find a used Icom IC-706A, IC-7000 or Kenwood TS-2000 at
a price you can afford. These require a 13.8 Volt power supply or can
be operated from an automobile battery. They cover HF as well as 50,
144 and 450 MHz, and do CW, AM, FM and SSB.

Fred
K4DII