Icom V86 to Start With ?

A 2m FM HT will work fine for a urban area radio, for a while. As soon as you start moving outward, you’ll find you need a directional antenna to reach chasers. Once the HT doesn’t make it there anymore, you’ll know if you wish to invest in a HF cw/ssb radio. Beware that the FCC does not want you using those Baofeng radios anymore. Too much spurious transmissions. Stick with the Icom.

Good luck! Be safe!

Lincoln

N9IN