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The items two and three are almost never used by serious radio enthusiast. Even truckers get po'd if the hear a roger beep. It's an annoyance. Some what like being around some one who keeps asking, " You know what I mean?"

 Before I ever transmitted on ham radio I contacted one local ham and asked him about all of the radio settings. He told me First turn off the roger beep and if it has echo turn that off before you even key the mike. After listening for several hours I did not hear even one roger beep or echo on the air.

I guess it is a way to tell everybody you spent some bucks on your radio when you use those features.

Quality over solder issues are easy to fix with training and a little education.