Actually, it strikes me that a pair of IC706's, for preference at least one MKIIG, would make a fine setup for MANY purposes. Dual radio RTTY contesting, full-duplex satellite ops, and a LOT of redundancy. 73, doug ---- Via the amsat-bb mailing list at AMSAT.ORG courtesy of AMSAT-NA. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe amsat-bb" to Majordomo@amsat.org