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> What do you think?

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Very concise – the author says a lot in relatively few words, and offers what I consider to be good advice: unless you have specific reasons to explore the edges, look for the “sweet spot” – not the cheapest nor the most expensive.

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I have a Baofeng BF-F8HP that I purchased to keep in a survival kit / go bag that lives under the back seat of my pickup truck. It exhibits a significant (I was about to say “horrendous”) third-order harmonic when transmitting on two meters – which places the harmonic in the 70cm band.

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These radios are affordable, and therefore accessible, providing an amazing feature set for the price point. Many people have been attracted to amateur radio specifically because of the availability of radios like the Baofeng.

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The author appropriately points out that Kenwood and Icom have ceded the under-$100 market to Yaesu (and the Chinese radios), but the Yaesu offerings provide excellent performance for only a few dollars more than my Baofeng.

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I will admit that when I decided to purchase a “real” HT, I went for an FT3D – partly because I had been using a Yaesu C4FM mobile radio that I won in a raffle the week after I got my license, and partly because I am a tech guy who takes delight in all of the engineering shoehorned into the FT3D (I’m still learning...).

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Thanks for the link to the article, Joe – much appreciated.

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Wes AG7WQ

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