My previous radio was a very old Yaesu FT-747GX. The guy I bought it from in 2008 told me it had never been used. It just sat there in a warehouse. I did the power-mod to reduce power in SSB. The radio did have some problems. Like the VFO-encoder.. when going over the band with the frequency-knob was a bit of a problem at some times. But still, with the rs232 interface I was able to do all that I needed.