[Michael Barnes]

Any url’s you can drop on some of us beginners?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The place I got all of my current equipment was on eBay. Have a look for Galaxy radios. They'll do CB (11 meter) and some will do 10 meter ham.

You can also get a ton of other stuff there to to get setup....antennas, frequency counters, etc.

If you can find one, the Cherokee CBS-1000 can easily be converted to receive and transmit on 400 frequencies above and below standard CB frequencies. May be hard to find these days though.

As for education material...do a web search for the ARRL (Amateur Radio Relay League) website. From there you can find tons of info. You'll be a pro in no time.