RE: WHICH RADIO TO BUY????
I really like the rds8000 as well. It can be used with the RD6000 as a buddy box which might be worthwhile to the two of you. As GaRCfield points out, a pattern user would want the next model up but the RDS8000 works very well. The rds8000 is easier to program and more intuitive than my fancier radios.