he 897 & loves it but is considering selling it due to tales of MANY issues with Yaesu service that others are sharing with him including myself.I wanted too ship them the 857D & they advised me it would be 8 weeks at best before they could look at it.Sounds like they have LOTS of problem gear if they are backed up that far on repairs(This was about a year ago).I use the IC-7000 EVERY day in my mo