Hi, John!  Too bad you missed out.  Was sort of thinking about it 
myself, but oh well.  He who hesitates is lost, or in this case, gets 
no radio <grin>.  It will sure be nice to program PL's with speech 
for a change.  I have a THF6A, and it's tough doing the PL 
thing.  With the FT-530, though, I can do it just by keying up, 
releasing, and turning the knob one more click, then keying up again 
until I get a carrier.  Don't know about that with the THF6A.  But at 
least I could get into most repeaters with PL tones with no sighted 
help.  Oh well, those days are gone for the HT's.  Anyway, am looking 
forward to the new rig.  Oh, another thing.  If the TNC or another 
part of the rig craps out, you have absolutely nothing, compared to 
having a separate rig, TNC, and the cables.--Matt.