WANTED : HF Radio

Yep, title says it all. Well, almost all. I'm looking for a good starter radio, which my FT-817 is not. I'm looking for something without a lot of menus, with typical output power of 100 watts-ish or more, and it must have some sort of cw filter. If it is a 12v only rig, I will also need a power supply, so let me know if you have a power supply with it, or, if you just have a power supply as I'll most likely need one. (since most rigs are 12v rigs).

I'm ok with tube finals.

Lastly, I'm trying to avoid problems with well known and persistant service problems. e.g. the TS440 with the freq display going to dots, or the ICOM 720 and it's bandswitching relay that won't stop turning. HOWEVER, that said, if you have one of those radios, and it's cheap enough and it hasn't developed these problems yet, I'd still consider it.

Thanks
daryl
KC8YGZ
KC8YGZ@planetp.org

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