i have my eyes on a Yaesu 990. it was shopped 4 months ago for the sum of 250$ and owned by an old ham. the radio is in perfect shape visually with out a scratch, it includes the stock hand mic and D-104 (matched to the radio) whatever that means. i have heard the radio on the air and it talks very well. i do not have my Ham ticket yet but will very soon. i mostly talk 11 meters on the AM and sometimes SSB right now. can anyone give my any input on the good bad or ugly of these radios. i can get the radio with both mics for 525$ would this radio hold me over for a while. thanks for any and all help