Not any more - the AL1200 and AL1500 are $2899 or more at all the major radio stores (Texas Towers, HRO, AES, etc). The best bang for the buck is probably the AL-80B. Bob W6VY --- shack <noddy1211 at sbcglobal.net> wrote: Your right no one pays 3500 for it, more like> 2600.