[WARC] Advice on equipment to get started.

[Len Litvan]

Hello David,

I don't know if you have made any progress on deciding about equipment 
yet.  There are so many different operating activities in ham radio that 
it can be somewhat overwhelming when you are new.

It might be good for you to come to one of the club breakfasts and let 
some of the folks help you narrow down what your specific interest 
are--what kind of data are you interested in, what kinds of data is 
popular in the area (or are we talking digital, not data), what computer 
type and interconnect hardware would work, other stuff.  Some of the 
folks could even show you their digital set-ups perhaps.

The club breakfast will be at McDonalds West this Saturday, Jan. 9--off 
US-14/61 just west of Gilmore.  We start by 8:15 "or so".  I plan to 
attend tomorrow unless something unexpected comes up.  Maybe I'll see 
you there.  We had 13 at breakfast last week.

Next week we will be at The Timbers.  The club website has the breakfast 
schedule.

Sincerely & 73,
Len Litvan
KC0RSX

David Russell wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I've fairly recently obtained my Technician Class License and am 
> seeking advice and input on what equipment I should buy.  Right now 
> I'm considering getting a hand-held radio and am pretty sure I want to 
> be able to use the 2M band for both audio and data.  Beyond that I 
> think I might also like to be able to use the 6M and 70cm band.  For 
> voice operation I'm not too concerned and am sure just about any radio 
> would be reasonable to start with.  It's the data I'm concerned about.
>
> I have an Intel MacBook and that is the computer I would be using for 
> most things.  I realize that most people are using Windows and maybe a 
> few Linux and that's always a possibility but I'd really prefer to not 
> have to boot into another OS or run a virtual machine.  I'm very 
> familiar with computers and software and can even program but I'm 
> pretty clueless about hardware and Amateur Radio in general.
>
> Initially I'd like to be able to do the common things such as standard 
> RTTY and the like but eventually I'd also like to experiment with less 
> common and maybe even new encoding and modulation types.
>
> Any advice or input is welcome.
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