The grudge is more a dollars and sense deal. Here is a radio that takes the place of several radios. Here is a radio that hurts radio sales bcause one radio takes the place of serveral radios that can be sold.. RF wise the radio is okay. Probably public service departments didn't buy them but several, or 100's were bought as a personal radios that many officers have for their personal use. In areas that have gone digital, its of no cencern. Most interesting is the cross band that can be selected. From a bike race, foot race, things that hams get into, the radio in a high place has advantages. I have had experince placing rhe radio in a tall building, by a window and having wide area comms, where using a city repeater was not available. Or operation in hilly terrain, activating and leaving the unit near a hilltop or at the vehicle when personnel were at the bottom of a hill, they have worked wonders.Years ago, when Wilson came out with the WH-2510, radio dealers had a fit over them as they were good radios, and departments could program themselves with out going to a radio dealer and getting hit with service calls. Problem was a single wire, if left in tact allowed theradio full VFO operations. The ICOM w32, many officers from various PD's, in Memphis had them for personal radios. So as long as radio design supports radio dealers, everything is calm.