In defence of ICOM the IC-7000 is 100% different to the IC-706MkII. Performance is another issue... Simon Brown, HB9DRV ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Kevin Stover" <rkstover at mchsi.com> > The IC-7000 is nothing more than a prettified 706MkII-G which has the > same HF receiver as the IC-718.