Hi;
Can't help but wonder if Kenwood has decided either to not spend the money 
to develop a ft1000 type radio or just maybe there is more cash to be made 
selling mid priced radios.  I don't have any specific numbers but I have to 
believe that because of the price if nothing else kenwood is selling a much 
greater number of rigs than yaesu or tentec.  I still have a problem with a 
company such as tentec not trying to make their rigs user friendly.  You 
sometimes get the idea that they are trying to drum up business wherever 
possible yet they happily leave out a small group of customers.  I believe 
tentec was the first company with speech read-out although we won't talk 
about how big the box was.
Rich