Hi Everyone; Thanks for all the ideas concerning spring radio shopping. Someone suggested that there may be some new offerings at Dayton in May. I may try being patient. As for the icom 706, I will be curious to see how people manage with it. In theory it should be a nice little package. I have always avoided it because of the menus and the lack of menu info from the synthesizer. One totally blind ham, however, has told me that it is no problem to operate. Keep us curious people informed and let us know how it works out. Rich