Thanks everyone for your responses, everyone agreed that the TS-830 was the superior radio. I purchased one on EBay for 255ドル and should be arriving early next week. The radio used to belong to Carl Bolig JR KW3E now SK. Later I plan to keep an eye out for a TS-930 but they seem very hard to get. >Thanks to everyone for their advice. Cecil Bayona KD5NWA