Interesting, thanks. From the many reviews I've read the MVT-7100 does sound like a classic, though as Sniper pointed out, there is the issue regarding 8.33KHz spacing, not enabled on this model.
With that in mind, I'm perhaps thinking more along the lines of a newer piece of kit, perhaps indeed the ICOM as suggested. I'll mainly be using the Scanner outdoors; Do the batteries on these machines last long...?
Kirk