Hi all, I've just rejoined the list after a year away. Small child and all that kind of stuff. She is now asleep so its radio time. I've been dribbling over the FT817 recently but given it doesn't have a speech option I've been thinking about using it with a laptop PC. How compatible is the yaesu control software with jaws, anyone played with it? I know the FT817 is a compromise in many ways and I rather go for a K2 but the FT817 is just for playing radio when out in a tent. Having 2m on board also saves having an extra radio to lug about. The thing that is against it is the way it munches batteries. is the control software available under windows CE yet, to work with pack mate possibly? Does Kenwood offer their control stuff under windows CE yet? There seems to be a lot of folks using various PDA type devices for portable HF logging and so on so I would guess someone has knocked up something for windows Ce but I haven't found it when meandering around the web. Regards - Liam G4UWP