I purchased one last month. The bad: the antenna was brittle and needed to be replaced, and I was hoping to use MDC but the current firmware does not support MDC, I believe a firmware upgrade will fix that. Besides the 2 small issues I have been very happy with mine- good audio, good reception, I activated the dealer mode so it is keyboard programmable and is easier than some of my other icom radios. In my opinion it is a very good radio for the price.