Tnx for the login. Been a HAM for several years (maybe since the 70s) any way am now trying to get into the scanner side of things. I'll be getting My scanner (either 436hp or trx-1) as soon as I sell some of my woodworking stuff (too many expensive hobbies). after reading thru several of the forums I can see this is going to be a long trip. Just programming the scanner may take me a long time. Looking forward to any help you guys can provide and reading the SC forum pretty regularly.