Hello, Have you heard about the new K3? It is available as a pre-built transceiver. But before I give you the URL for it, a couple of things which bother me about this transceiver. This is taken from the faq section. Are there any other functions performed by the two VFO tuning knobs? Both knobs are also used to navigate menu configuration options. Is the K3 compatible with visually impaired operators? Would like to have a voice announcement of frequency, mode, and S-meter readings. It will be. We're working with a few blind hams to optimize the interface. And speaking of interface, I am also concerned about accessibility of the memories. According to the manual, you use the vFO to tune the general purpose memories. If you can't access them using the keypad, this leaves us unable to use them. Of course there is also the question of menu accessibility. I don't know who those few blind hams are, butthe voice announcement of frequency mode, and S-meter won't in itself make the K3 accessible. I called Elecraft and someone called me back, but he really had no clue what I was talking about when I tried to explain accessibility as far as actually being able to use the K3. The faq page lists at least one contact who might know more about accessibility. Here are two URLs: For the K3 page: http://www.elecraft.com/news.htm And to go to the very interesting and extensive K3FAQ page: http://elecraft.com/K3/K3FAQ.htm Keith