Bill wrote:

Since it has been a good 10 years or so, what are
the newer better base units that might offer
things like display name (that you can program in
text on), and what new base models/makers cover
whatever frequency ranges are currently being used
(the most) these days...

BC780XLT (for non-digital use)
BC796D (for digital)

Or hold you britches for about a month and see what the just approved
Uniden unit will bring to the party...

-Donald
Passed my extra examine this morning... [happy dance]
--
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem,
see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable
words." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe