Amateur Radio Equipment

Once licenses are acquired, the next step is equipment.

This would consist of the following:

HF Transceiver with microphone

HF antenna or antennas for the 40 and 80 m band

12VDC power supply capable of feeding the transceiver

Antenna tuner to match your transceiver to the antenna is also often required

You’ll learn a lot more about equipment as you study the manuals.

Websites like http://www.eham.net/ devote large sections to reviews of amateur radio equipment, like http://www.eham.net/reviews/.

They then devote volumes to each equipment type, like HF transceivers, http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/14.