Bob,
Its always nice to have as many channels as possible.

However I have both, actually 7 BC 780's and 2 BC 785's. As far as the
785 does I really don't like the radio at all. It suffers from FM
overload which reduces the real world sensitivity and it also suffers
from intermod problems. Two things I have yet to have a problem with on
the 780's.

I would only suggest a 785 is if you NEED digital. The 785 does digital
just fine. The main reason I didn't sell my 785's is because I use them
to monitor the NASA Kennedy Space Center 400 MHz Digital Trunk system.
It does fine for this. However when it comes to trying to pickout
distant stations in the MilAir range (which is what 99% of my listening
is) the 785 sucks when compared to the 780.

You can see pictures of my 780's and 785's he
http://www.MilAirComms.com/shack.html

George
http://www.MilAirComms.com