Tom, I don't think you would be doing a bad deal, if anything, you'd be getting the best part of the deal and yes, you could use one of your other radio's for 2 meters. Fred Olver n9bso ----- Original Message ----- From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: going price for "used" Icom 746 Hi, all. I am nowhere near making a decision here, but a fellow ham friend seems interested in a swap of sorts. He seems willing to purchase my "used" Icom IC746, in exchange for his "used" TS480 plus some additional accessories. My 746 is just a plain 746 that was bought back in December of 1999. The 746 does have a 500-hz CW filter in it, plus the UT102 voice chip. The guy seems willing to throw in things like a correctly-wired MC60 mic, plus the speach chip and 500-HZ CW filter along with the TS480 itself. One of the things I'm sacrificing in this possible deal, of course, would be the 100-watt all-mode 2-meter feature in the 746, plus probably a slightly better receiver front end on the 746. In return, though, I do think I'm getting a heck of a lot more accessibility with the TS480. I suppose, if I got enough for the IC746, I could spring for another Kenwood TMV71A, or just use one of my older TMV7a's to solve the 2-meter loss with the sale of the 746, but again, this seems to be the real "sticking point" in my mind. So, if anyone has any idea as to what a plain 746 would go for these days, let me know. I want to be fair here, but don't want to do something I'd regret later. 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ .