<$100 for a cheap handheld VHF/UHF transceiver (which would allow you to hit local repeaters, play with APRS, talk to satellites/the ISS/etc, etc).
Yaesu is a pretty solid "cheap" brand. BaoFeng/BTech is a less solid, even cheaper brand (my advice would be to avoid them, despite the fact that that's where I started...)
Yaesu is a pretty solid "cheap" brand. BaoFeng/BTech is a less solid, even cheaper brand (my advice would be to avoid them, despite the fact that that's where I started...)