Mine is set on 1; I may notch it up, though. I think that I turned it down to experiment with the talkback feature, and never turned it back up. No one has complained, though.
That's one of the minor nuisances with the radio; I'd prefer the mic gain to be on a knob, without having to press buttons and key the mic. Not the easiest thing to do, when driving.
Overall, I agree with Codeman, though. Good little radio. However, I have no experience with his recommended mic; I just use an Astatic 636L mic, and it gets the job done. I may try another mic upgrade, in the future, though. It's always fun to try out new toys.
@seagiant : it's not that the beep bothers ME, but I'm always afraid that changing a channel or a setting might wake up my wife, who is generally asleep in the back of the truck, if I'm up front playing with the radio. I understand that Uniden got a lot of complaints about the beep, and started making 980's with beeps that you could turn down or off. Unfortunately, I did not get one of those; I got 1st gen. There is a little resistor or somesuch doodad, that I could remove, and eliminate the beep. But, 'tis a tiny thing, and I'm not clear on exactly which one it is, sooo.... not gonna fool with it.
That's one of the minor nuisances with the radio; I'd prefer the mic gain to be on a knob, without having to press buttons and key the mic. Not the easiest thing to do, when driving.
Overall, I agree with Codeman, though. Good little radio. However, I have no experience with his recommended mic; I just use an Astatic 636L mic, and it gets the job done. I may try another mic upgrade, in the future, though. It's always fun to try out new toys.
@seagiant : it's not that the beep bothers ME, but I'm always afraid that changing a channel or a setting might wake up my wife, who is generally asleep in the back of the truck, if I'm up front playing with the radio. I understand that Uniden got a lot of complaints about the beep, and started making 980's with beeps that you could turn down or off. Unfortunately, I did not get one of those; I got 1st gen. There is a little resistor or somesuch doodad, that I could remove, and eliminate the beep. But, 'tis a tiny thing, and I'm not clear on exactly which one it is, sooo.... not gonna fool with it.
