In article <199803022243.OAA23847@netcom4.netcom.com> you wrote: : Yaesu has evidently CHOSEN not to put a transverter port on the FT847. Absolutely true. It was the first thing I looked for when I was fondling a unit in Akihabara a few weeks ago. I'll keep my TS-790 a while longer... 73 - Bdale, N3EUA