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     Re: Re: The PCL Net   
     By: jimmy anderson to Daryl Stout on Tue Dec 02 2025 11:15:44   
      
    >  DS>   Hams are frugal cheapskates, after all.   
      
   Guess it depends on your perspective.  Considering the cheapest desktop HF rig   
   I've seen is ~$500 US, and that's bare-bones, you're not exactly starting out   
   in the bargain basement.  Wnat an SDR desktop like the IC-7300, then your   
   looking at a grand!  Then there's the antennae, possibly a tower and/or amp,   
   and it goes from there.   
      
   Great hobby, but not a cheap one.  It's no wonder most the hams I've listened   
   to were had professional careers before they retired.   
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