actually the 9000 covers the 700mhz band, the 780 does not
for programming the 780 is hands down the best scanner on the market.
however my 9000xlt has been my workhorse for about 7 yrs and it will be
until analog is gone all together
i had a 895 and would never buy another
the big difference between the 9000,780 and 895 is that the mode is not
selectable on the 895, it is band dependent, meaning 108-136AM, 136-174NFM,
etc.
you can not manually select a mode.

Lou

3-BC780XLT's
1-BC9000XLT w/tone board
1-Icom R1
1-IC706MKIIG