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    From Jayden Montgomery@1:130/330 to All on Sun Jan 5 13:57:15 2025
    Hi, my name is Jayden, and I am 14. I am a swl, (Perhaps, i've sent you reports). Anyways, I was wonderding where you could buy a HF radio real cheap, and it be still working?
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Jayden Montgomery on Sun Jan 5 17:17:26 2025
    Jayden Montgomery wrote to All <=-

    Hi, my name is Jayden, and I am 14. I am a swl, (Perhaps, i've sent you reports). Anyways, I was wonderding where you could buy a HF radio real cheap, and it be still working?

    Take a look at qrz.com (requires registration) and swap.qth.com to get a
    look.

    I just bought a Kenwood TS-440S that works great for $50 from an
    estate sale.

    Reminder that you need to have a General class license or higher to
    transmit.

    73,
    Sean KS4TD

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  • From cr1mson@1:220/20 to Jayden Montgomery on Sun Jan 5 21:47:54 2025
    On 05 Jan 2025, Jayden Montgomery said the following...

    Hi, my name is Jayden, and I am 14. I am a swl, (Perhaps, i've sent you reports). Anyways, I was wonderding where you could buy a HF radio real cheap, and it be still working?

    Welcome Jayden. Good luck on your HAM journey. There's a lot of folks around the BBS community that would be willing to help, unfortunately, I am not one of them. Just wanted to send a shoutout.

    -cr1mson

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  • From Dan Cross@3:770/100 to Sean Dennis on Tue Jan 7 03:35:18 2025
    On 05 Jan 2025 at 05:17p, Sean Dennis pondered and said...

    Jayden Montgomery wrote to All <=-

    Hi, my name is Jayden, and I am 14. I am a swl, (Perhaps, i've sent reports). Anyways, I was wonderding where you could buy a HF radio
    re
    cheap, and it be still working?

    Take a look at qrz.com (requires registration) and swap.qth.com to get a look.

    I just bought a Kenwood TS-440S that works great for $50 from an
    estate sale.

    Reminder that you need to have a General class license or higher to transmit.

    Not strictly true. Techs have limited HF privileges: phone
    and data on a portion of 10m and CW on 15, 40 and 80. Of
    course, one needs _a_ license to transmit legally in the US.
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  • From Sean Dennis@1:18/200 to Dan Cross on Tue Jan 7 17:44:55 2025
    Dan Cross wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

    Not strictly true. Techs have limited HF privileges: phone
    and data on a portion of 10m and CW on 15, 40 and 80. Of
    course, one needs _a_ license to transmit legally in the US.

    You're correct. I just didn't think about that. I just meant that if you
    do not have a license.

    I'm marking 2025 my 28th year of being licensed. I think I enjoy the hobby even more now than I did when I was first licensed.

    I also obtained a GMRS license recently. My callsign is WSBW961.

    73,
    Sean KS4TD

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  • From Mortar M.@1:124/5016 to cr1mson on Wed Jan 8 00:52:15 2025
    Re: Re: a question
    By: cr1mson to Jayden Montgomery on Sun Jan 05 2025 21:47:54

    There's a lot of folks around the BBS community that would be willing to help, unfortunately, I am not one of them.

    Laddie, don't you think you should rephrase that? ;)
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  • From cr1mson@1:220/20 to Mortar M. on Wed Jan 8 19:36:43 2025
    On 08 Jan 2025, Mortar M. said the following...

    There's a lot of folks around the BBS community that would be willing
    to
    help, unfortunately, I am not one of them.

    Laddie, don't you think you should rephrase that? ;)

    Absolutely not! lol :)

    -cr1mson

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