>> The stock XV144 working with an "IF" of 28.0 - 29.7 MHz only covers >> 144.0 - 145.7 MHz, which excludes a lot of the FM activity. Oh.. I should have done a bit more reading. Well, that bursts that bubble. I was sitting here imagining using the K3 to monitor the local 2M repeaters. Shucks! -David W4SMT