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For the money they cant be beat, however.

I find the stock battery less than adequate for all but recreational use, better get a spare or the 3800mah battery.

The antenna supplied was a strange hybrid, resonant on 2meters, and (almost) dead on GMRS freq but lacking on 440. This actually worked out pretty well for me until the solder joint broke. I suppose any "stiff" antenna could break like this.

One one of my units, part of the display shows dimly in cold weather, the first digit (think ch over ch 99) and the arrow pointing to upper or lower display. Strangely it lights up solid when powering on.

My other unit is currently somewhere deep underground in a cavern, it will be interesting to see how well it has held up in the cool moist atmosphere of the underground.

[QUOTE="towerdog, post: 419133, member: 11502"] For the money they cant be beat, however. I find the stock battery less than adequate for all but recreational use, better get a spare or the 3800mah battery. The antenna supplied was a strange hybrid, resonant on 2meters, and (almost) dead on GMRS freq but lacking on 440. This actually worked out pretty well for me until the solder joint broke. I suppose any "stiff" antenna could break like this. One one of my units, part of the display shows dimly in cold weather, the first digit (think ch over ch 99) and the arrow pointing to upper or lower display. Strangely it lights up solid when powering on. My other unit is currently somewhere deep underground in a cavern, it will be interesting to see how well it has held up in the cool moist atmosphere of the underground. [/QUOTE]

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