>Lets see, with my Jupiter I will be ready for any new bands coming up >in the future and if the Rice boxes are unloaded when 5mhz arrives , it >may be time to aquire a cheap but good second rig. Many of the "rice boxes" can cover the new 5 MHz band just fine now. As for the older Ten-Tecs ... yes, that will be an interesting question ... 73 Billy AA4NU