I watched a lot of youtube video's on that CS-47 and was always a fan and recommended it to anyone with a jeep..... one guy showed it at 8 watts AM and it would swing up to 27 watts when talking on it....... I said SOMEDAY I'm going to get me one and range test it....
Radioddity had a $10 off sale so I got it for $84 bucks a few months ago......
I can't say I like it...... everyone I talked to said I sound VERY distant.... they kept telling me to put the mic closer to my lips... .... I turned up the Mic Gain to max but it didn't help......
the thing I just could not get used to was the push button Squelch...... I would be driving and the radio gets loud as some skip is rolling in... I would grab the mic and find the button and have to go click click click click click to turn it up.... then later I think the skip is gone and do the reverse..... also to change many of the settings you go into the menu and make the change then shut the radio off then turn it back on turn off hold button for 5 seconds.... then turn on .... hold button for 3 seconds.... every little adjustment!
I used it one day and didn't like it so I stopped playing with it..... given a few days of use I'm sure I would get used to the menu driven radio..... but if I didn't have the room it is my first choice..... then again what do I want from a $84 dollar radio???