NeoVoltairian
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Curmudgeonly rapscallion.
You can go cheap early, start with the Baofang. It’s 5W (closer to 3.5W in reality). I would also buy an SDR off Amazon for $40 (RTL-SDR). This will allow you to listen to everything up to 1GHz. You’ll be under $100 and well on your way.
This conversation convinced me. Bitcoin Mechanic was very persuasive.

