Too bad about the 7k. I had a Pro for awhile in the shack while I was taking my "radio journey" as i call it. They are good rigs, and pretty popular for sure. I'm just not that into "eye candy", altho the scope is nice, I just wasn't that into it. But I think the main reason is I like bigger radios for the shack. The Pro is pretty small as a base, which makes all the knobs and stuff even smaller. It's just a matter of preference tho.
Good luck....

 

Got out bid......

 

Well today I received 10 Mix 31 split beads from DX Engineering, .525" I.D. I put one on each of the three short ignition wires (the driver's side ones), and one at each end of the long wires (the passenger side ones). So I used 9 beads. This suppressed the ignition noise about 2 S-units on 40 meters. So maybe S-7 rather than S-9. So there you go. Worth the $50? Nope. Fun to experiment with this stuff, though.

Pete AA8L

 

Sorry you didn't get better results, we appreciate your input !!

 

Well that's a drag. You might want to call Amidon and see what they say. Tell them what you have now and see if they have any suggestions. This is pretty much all these people deal with.
Good Luck....