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Cool, Thanks for creating this RB.

For any informed Ham operator, I appreciate some guidance.

I have questions about setting up the most cost efficient reliable solutions to doing secure packet and voice radio HF comms over short and long ranges (like a few hundred to 1500 miles). I just need someone to help guide me through building a shopping list so that I dont spend a lot of cash on the wrong stuff or have it not work together the way I envision it.

I have been around this stuff but not kept up with all the converging tech that is available. I assume any modern set will be able to connect to a laptop and send packets, but I have never done it myself. Likewise I dont know how versatile in bands I can expect a transceiver can be given the advances in SDR.

Does SDR allow for the same hardware to do HF plus other bands? I appreciate any informed recommendations. My main budget goes to metals, like lead, copper, brass...so I am not looking for the limousine radio, just the utility vehicle equivalent. :)

Thanks in advance.