thanks Alan
Horizon was where it said discontinued. Also it appears that it is the Silver face XG8 which is discontinued on JRAmericas. After looking further the XG8 Black version is now the current model available. Love the radio but not the 1400mah battery. Was hoping they could upgrade the internal charge circuit to work with a larger capacity LiPo. These are currently available from an aftermarket vendor made with 3400mah Panasonic cells but must be charged with an external charger. Not a deal breaker but ya know would be nice.
John