I got one yesterday, and so far, I like it a lot. First thing I did when I took it out of the box (Fully charged, BTW) was to put 161.070, the local NS, the Holland, Ohio detector freq 160.800, and the CSX 160.230 in it's 3 VFO's. It started talking almost instantly, and the audio is VERY good. Much clearer than any of my handhelds that I could compare it to, including GRE PSR500, Yaesu VX-170, Uniden SDS200 (If it hears rail at all), and Uniden BC-125AT. I bought the "full band tactical" antenna, the shortest one, from Radtel, and it seems pretty decent, and is a very thick "tape measure" folding antenna, so it should hold up well. It's labeled 136-512MHZ. With the optional antenna, reception is very good, and the clarity is a huge plus. I haven't tried to connect it via blutooth to my car stereo yet. FM Broadcast is nice, and with the also purchased optional 27Mhz telescoping whip, AM BC was decent, and CH 19 CB was whining away in the background while some echoing truck driver was ranting about his truck needing some sort of turbo work on it.
Only real complaints are the channel knob isn't continuous, so if you want to actually go up or down much in frequency, you need to use the 4 way pad. The display light is perfect at night, a little weak in my overlit office. It looks better in the pic above. Other than that, it's the usual mystery manual, just needs to be played with, but basic use was super easy.
For $113 including the 3 extra antennas, it's worth a shot.
Only real complaints are the channel knob isn't continuous, so if you want to actually go up or down much in frequency, you need to use the 4 way pad. The display light is perfect at night, a little weak in my overlit office. It looks better in the pic above. Other than that, it's the usual mystery manual, just needs to be played with, but basic use was super easy.
For $113 including the 3 extra antennas, it's worth a shot.
