What I've learned after 26 days as a ham...

[KF0SKV]

I have been a ham for only 40 days, but into the wide world of SWL/Scanners for over 3 decades. Welcome KE9BXE!

I have a Icom 7100, a radio that is either north of south of 1000k, but connected to a VEE that I built. It costed me less that 10 bucks, (not including coax) speaker wire, plastic insulators and twine and have worked the world with it.

This hobby can be done on the cheap and get fantastic results.

 

[KE9BXE]

I have been a ham for only 40 days, but into the wide world of SWL/Scanners for over 3 decades. Welcome KE9BXE!

I have a Icom 7100, a radio that is either north of south of 1000k, but connected to a VEE that I built. It costed me less that 10 bucks, (not including coax) speaker wire, plastic insulators and twine and have worked the world with it.

This hobby can be done on the cheap and get fantastic results.

Welcome to the club! The great thing about ham is it is experimental. Your interests are your own and you can pursue local uhf/vhf, contact satellites and space stations, do DMR via brandmeister, or anything else you desire. It sounds like you're having a great time with your 7100 and you're handy at tuning antennas? Great things.

73 my new friend.