If you want Galaxy - remember you wanted to Try...
Galaxy 959
From Walcott Radio
Galaxy 959 B From Amazon...
Backlit controls...
Have you thought about...
Galaxy 979? (I like these due to their footprint is closer to a Cobra 29 or Uniden PC-78)
rightchannelradios.com
another with Backlit controls
(Starlite)
To be honest, Galaxy versus Ranger - Ranger owns Galaxy now so it is a factor of how much you're willing to spend and the warranty you get from either - since they are owned by the same...
Personally, I like Galaxy but Ranger has the warranty and holds that Galaxy company...
So You're good any way you go, but the only thing you didn't mention is the 979 but no frequency counter...
As for Drift, yes, but when you said Home use, well, even the DX2517 or Ranger 2970N2 will still drift even in a controlled temperature environment - so no matter what you do or go to - or decide to use, that choice of stability takes more as an effort in engineering to produce so you will have to go up several levels into Ham / Amateur equipment - Meaning $$$. Else Galaxy may be more price competitive in the long term. But then anything under a hot soldering iron these days - warranty and repair issues are gonna happen when modding or hot-rodding equipment.
