i love it. it replaced an old kenwood ts-140s i thought sounded good on ssb but this ranger just blows it away in audio quality. i have had a 2970, 6900150(which i shoulda kept nice radio), 2985dx, lincoln(sp?) magnum 357, cobra 2000 and this radio is as good sounding as any of them. bob sure can set them up. i'm using a d104 desk mic and it really talks. i'm really kind of surprised how well it does because you don't hear alot about this radio but set up right it rocks.