Hi Anthony; I will be curious to see how you like the new icom. Generally, what wonderful things does it do that the 746 pro didn't do? Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 8:08 AM Subject: ICOM IC-7000!!! Hi Everyone; Well, I took the plunge and purchased an ICOM IC-7000 yesterday. It does have a lot of menus however, I'm going to make a BRAILLE sheet of the menus and, depending what the options do in a particular menu, I should be able to figure out where I am. The speech has a little more life to it with a higher pitch for the voice. It reads the usual s-meter readings, frequency and, the mode such as AM or FM or CW or RTTY. I'll let all of you know how I make out. If anyone has this radio or, if you have any ideas that I could be more productive with, please let me know. Also, I can read the face of the radio reasonably well with my OPTACON. 73 De Anthony W2AJV [log in to unmask] ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389