Hi; Can't resist after a day at work. Have you gone to any recent ham fests and taken a look whether there are many decent radios or piles of software and pc products? I'm afraid the pc wins hands down based on my unscientific observations. As for the program to run your radio, I guess it depends upon the radio and what run means. Apparently you can download software from Kenwood but never tried it or seen any list of key strokes. Ham radio deluxe has gotten a lot of interest and a list of keystrokes, some scripts or even a set file or two might be nice. I will never be Mr. computer and I'm a bit reluctant to jump into relatively uncharted waters. Richard