[johnda]

I have the 7000. I picked it up years ago at a yard sale for $10 and it's still working. A guy sailed here from France and used it on his boat. I understand that he left and went back but forgot to take the radio. The manual has all these cool notations of stations that he listened to on his way across the Atlantic. It still works except that the on/off switch was replaced by a toggle switch he put in the side of the radio.