Tom, have you had good experiences with the 998? I use a Nye Viking manual tuner on 80 meters, the only band I need a tuner for. I have considered buying an auto-tuner, but don't know which one would be the most reliable and capable of handling a lot of goo. Speaking of reliability, I recently fried my LDG TW-1. It sure smelled bad when I was cooking it, Hi. Alan - N7MIT [*]