kit is a good start; if you do not want to build it, do not have the time or the tools, I am sure you can find one already-built on the Softrock Yahoo group or from KB9YIG. There are fixed-band kits that go for about US$20 or a general coverage 2-30MHz Ensemble RX model wich is about US$70-80 i think.There are also different transceiver kits, either Softrock or Genesis etc, but at the moment neither