Apparently, the FT-710 was given FCC approval on 2 September, so it shouldn’t be long here in the USA. If Giga has the pricing correct at $999, then it’ll be $100 less expensive than it’s arch rival the IC-7300. Assuming it is at least a slightly better performer than the Icom, which it should be since Yaesu had 5 years to study and best the icom, it should do well at this sub $1K price. It’s great seeing competition giving us hams better products for less $$.