Just a follow-up. The Icom V80 Sport is still percolating along well, but it does not have a 12 volt cig lighter input jack so you can run it off the car/truck battery. I looked around, and also picked up an inexpensive Yaesu FT270R that does have a 12 volt input on the radio, and I discovered I already had the correct 12 cig lighter cord. Suweet.