Can't tell you much about the FT-847 operation-wise, except *Don't turn the tuning dial under the tuning dial or you'll end up way the hell and gone Gods only know where*! I *can* tell you, however, that the FT-847 is a *big* radio. You think you'll have trouble putting your '440 in the camper, you can forget about the FT-847. -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV | From the pines down to the projects, Email: [log in to unmask] | Life pushes up through the cracks. Phone: (972) 276-6360 | And it's only going forward, ICQ: 36621210 | And it's never going back.--Small Potatoes