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Hey #HamRadio #AmateurRadio fedi people: there's a shit ton of radio-related stuff near me on GovDeals, I don't have ANY clue about radio hardware (hopefully getting my license this year), is any of this something that would be of any use to a new ham and at a good price? I literally have no idea if any of this would even be usable for me I just noticed there was a whole lot of radio stuff all of a sudden

https://www.govdeals.com/en/search?isAdvSearch=1&whichForm=item&timing=bySimple&timeType=atauction&locationType=state&seller=Madison%20County%20Fiscal%20Court,%20KY&ps=24&sf=bestfit&so=asc

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wizardry variants lori
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There's so much that I can't really take the time to research all of these different parts before these auctions would end but someone who knows what they're looking at might know if there's a sick bargain for a beginner in here
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wizardry variants lori
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My use case is I plan to get my license soon and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing or what I even want to do and plan to figure that out as I go and if I can do it on a budget even better
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Neil E. Hodges
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The Kenwood, Motorola, and Yaesu transceivers look interesting, but you'd need to make sure that they cover the bands and modes you want.
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Neil E. Hodges
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This is what I found regarding the Alcatel–Lucent units:

The MDR-8000 is Alcatel-Lucent’s premier digital microwave radio for long-haul, point-to-point wireless communications. The flexible platform offers features designed to provide robust operation, while also reducing your total cost of ownership. With a common platform that supports virtually all frequency bands from 2-11 GHz, the MDR-8000 can meet your needs for high-capacity backbone routes, as well as low-capacity spurs. It offers transmission capacity from 2-32 DS1s, 1-3 DS3s, OC-3, and 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet, with the ability to upgrade capacity in service simply by changing Keys. The common platform that supports all of these options provides users ultimate flexibility in configuring and equipping an entire network, with simplified operation and maintenance. With the widest range of long-haul frequency bands, the most complete range of interfaces and capacities, and the highest system gain in the industry, the MDR-8000 is the undisputed leader in microwave transport.


This flexible and scalable architecture provides reliable wireless backbone communications for cellular operators, public safety agencies, railways, pipelines, utilities, local exchange carriers, television stations, and private enterprise.

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B. Garfoot :Ham: :PrideRebel:
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Hmm, browsing through quickly, I would say most things appear to be commercial or business band radios, which I'm not sure could be programmed to amateur frequencies. Some might, others won't, YMMV.

The two things that did catch my eye were the Yaesu FT-60s and the Kenwood D700A. Both are older models, but definitely still hold their own. If you can get them for a decent price, I'd say they're worth it.

For anything else, I'd say do your research first

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wizardry variants lori
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I'll look into those! Yeah I figured some of this wouldn't be usable which is why I wanted to ask in the first place, since its coming from government use, but I thought there'd be a good chance something in there might be usable on a personal level
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