Ham radio is no different ... hams like to build gear or use simple or older gear, modern transceivers, like the IC-7300 from Icom shown here, have incredible RF filtering done in software ...

Talking about this Chinese ham radio transceiver requires a veritable flurry of acronyms: HF, SSB, QRP, and SDR to start with. [Paul] does a nice job of unboxing the rig and checking it out.

The HT also comes with weather alert scans, transceiver-to-transceiver ... courses and other resources, ranked the ICOM ...