The importance of a radio?

[August West]

Looking at the Yeasu VX-7R looks like a great radio.

Quirt,
What is the easiest way to get your license, just buy a book and start studying? I was signal in the Army but worked mostly with satellite equipment, I still understand radio wave propagation and basics but nowhere near ready for a test. Chirs

 

[Mudbug007]

The Sangean DT-400 is a good compact radio that easily fits into just about any pocket. It's not cheap, but it will be going long after those dollar store radios have died.

Here's a review I found...Sangean DT-400

 

[Dunner]

I passed my test with the book "Now You're Talking" by AARL. Great resource with sample questions. You can also find sample tests online.

 

[linux_author]

What is the easiest way to get your license, just buy a book and start studying?

tech license is easiest... just go to qrz.com and run through the tests (most hams would [rightly] argue that one should learn the theory vs studying for the test) ... but it's a lot of fun and there are local clubs everywhere... a 10-year license is free, depending on where you take the test... and now, getting fully FCC-licensed (Amateur Extra) gives you access to many frequencies for world-wide communications... (i had fun a couple years ago chatting with an operator in Kuwait while waiting in my truck outside my local bank)

willie
on the Gulf of Mexico

 

[BPrepared304]

My son has a Yeasu VX8R and it covers almost everything you could want in a radio. But like Dunner said it is not for simple use. We make sure to have the owners manual close by whenever we go out. The only other down fall I know of is it uses a rechargeable battery, but that can be overcome with a small solar panel charger. Although it is a "ham radio" which you should have the amateur license to operate. A very good radio to have in an emergency. Another one radio is a Grundig Mini 300 AM/FM/Shortwave. It is a good radio when the power goes out. Runs on two AA batteries.

 

[Quirt]

B Prepared as I posted earlier the Yeasu HT has a unit that snaps in place of the rechargeable battery and it holds and powers the HT with AA batteries. I also have a spare rechargable battery.