"some field frown on using the old wide band stuff "

I'll agree with you on every point except this one.

A Futaba 8UAP is a FM/PCM fully 1991-type accepted (narrow band, gold stickered) TX, capable of operating at any field in the USA.

I had several 7UAFs and they were fine radios in their day. The point of cost is well taken. Radio prices have dropped through the floor in the past 15 years. There's so much available for so little, it's not hardly worth buying the old equipment, even though it's perfectly good and useable.

Dr.1

PS I will add that, if you already have a flight pack, then go for it. That's a good price. The 8UAP has many, if not most, of the features found on more modern computer radios.