u/OldAbbreviations12

Hello

Got my license a few days ago and I'm looking for a radio.

I've had some suggestions such as Xiegu X6100 and FTX-1.

I don't know exactly what I want.

Basically I want to be able to transport it and have it as base station. I enjoy videos on YT with some SOTA and portable antennas and I'd like to have that option. It is a hobby and I'm not looking to be the very invested HAM. I like the company, telecommunications and learning things. The thing is that I'd like to avoid discontinued devices.

I saw some videos and people have mixed reviews. Comments say things that are missing, like bluetooth (50€) and gps (50€) which are purchased separately and some say negative things about the portability of the device.

Currently I have only handheld radios and haven't made my first QSO.

Currently Yaesu has a cashback offer so I could get the FTX-1 around 1100€.

What would you suggest?

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Is it possible to block the ads from the what it appears to be a web proxy feature from Startpage search engine?

I just noticed that feature of Startpage and tried it expecting that everything would work as in normal browsing. Apparently I was wrong as things in the page source are a bit changed.

Not a big deal, I just wanted to know if there is any setting that handles that.