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Would you buy secondhand ? Some say yes and others say no with people fiddiling with the rigs, so don't know if I should just buy new?

most second hand ham sets are not prone to the screwdriver experts so if you do buy one you should be ok i bought a icom 7000 thay needed repair but the cost of the set plus the repair came out at half the price of a new one
so weigh up the options first and dont rush ito buying the first one you see

stampman wrote:most second hand ham sets are not prone to the screwdriver experts so if you do buy one you should be ok i bought a icom 7000 thay needed repair but the cost of the set plus the repair came out at half the price of a new one
so weigh up the options first and dont rush ito buying the first one you see

Okay thanks for the advice I have been thinking about buying a faulty one and getting it repaired did that with a laptop paid £190 for it cost me a tenner to fix and resold it for £400 8) 8) 8)

Well sat my exam today and passed ! 8) 8)

congratulations cam and well done

Congratulations! =D> =D> =D>

Andy

Thank you

congratulations cam on passing the foundation , the yaesu ft857d is a lot easier to operate than the icom , if running mobile , get yourself the atas 120 mobile antenna. it compliments the yaesu well for all bands .
look forward sometime to working you on the bands .
cheers joe

jumpingmaster wrote:congratulations cam on passing the foundation , the yaesu ft857d is a lot easier to operate than the icom , if running mobile , get yourself the atas 120 mobile antenna. it compliments the yaesu well for all bands .
look forward sometime to working you on the bands .
cheers joe

Hi joe thanks for that information. Still undecided on what to get. Just out of interest how long do ofcom take to add your pass to the system ? I've been told around ten days :0

Cheers

Cam

hi cam ,

seem you got you callsign through before i got back on the forum, but enjoy the hobby ..
and you'll have many years of enjoyment in the hobby as i have and still do ..