AM i the first person to notice that the 8215 kHz IF is the same as the Yaesu FT-1000 (and FT-102). The original FT-102 Japanese designer later designed the FT-1000. Why do I think Doug DeMaw, W1FB (sk) is smiling about this? (Who commented in his review -- that the FT-102 was best receiver he had ever used - at that time) w9gb