I only have a technician license at the moment but wanted to try some longer range stuff so I got an HF radio. I’m extremely new to the hobby so I have little idea what I’m doing lol.

Xiegu G90 HF radio Astron power supply EFHW antenna strung around the outside of the house like Christmas lights

  • pierre_delecto [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Woohoo! HF is a whole new world, especially if you are interested in digital modes or CW. Upgrading to General is totally worth it.

    Welcome to the hobby!

    I run an IC-7300 and a few kits I built. The Xiegu radios look really nice though, I’m curious to hear how it goes

    • seahorse [Ohio]@midwest.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, I’m taking a class and then the general test this coming February. So far it seems to do almost everything that I’d want except it doesn’t have a scanning feature, but maybe that’s what the waterfall is for?

      • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Scanning isn’t particularly useful on HF. You will have to manually tune in whatever signal it stops on and most of the time it will just find noise. A band scope is much more useful.