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This really makes it nice when you are driving and have to make a correction to one band.
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My honest opinion is that people should stay clear of the radio until they work the bugs out of it, and get a US supplier who can service the radios under warranty free of charge.
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Many never got the cable to work, and some who got it to work, had a windows update that changed it and broke it again.
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You have to install the driver you down from their web site. The USB cable has a forged Prolific chip in it, and Windows will want to install a driver for it, only it won't work. The loud beep that you hear when you touch buttons can be turned off, but when I left the band and came back, the beep returned. The last thing that went wrong was what prompted me to cut my losses while I could. I hate to tell you how much that radio would cost to send back to China, or even tell you the chances of getting it back, never mind working. I did buy a 3 year warranty with it, but it would duplicate the manufactures warranty, and that included sending back to China. I recommend this radio and would be another one. It only draws 8.9A, so you don't need a monster power supply-something around 15-20A is perfect (you should not go over 50% of the rating for long term use).
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It is not listed in the manual and others have asked about it online with no answers given. I manually programmed a simplex channel and listened on my scanner and it was clear-took me forever to figure it out. I unchecked it and was totally unreadable-people thought that I'd swallowed the mic. I did have one programming problem that is noteworthy-when programming a channel, there is a small check box labeled "emphasis" that is pre-checked-leave it checked or your radio won't work. I leave the programming cable plugged into the computer so I can change it quickly.
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I program it using software-much easier than manually, however the software sucks (but it is better than manual). I have a home brew 10m double bazooka in the attic mounted inverted V which reaches across the country easily. There are no decent mobile or base antennas for quad band radios-I use the Comet GP-15 tri-band for 6m, 2m, and 70cm but don't like it because it has high SWR spots on 50.1-50.3, 425-431, and 445-449. There is only one antenna port-so you will need to change feedlines or use a duplexer. It will do crossband repeater which is cool. It does have extended receive capabilities-check the manual. The left side has all four bands while the right is 2m and 70cm only. The speaker is in the main body and not the detachable control head, which may limit some installations, but there is an external speaker jack on the back. Also, a dual band radio is around $300-this radio is around $260. Everyone will tell you not to waste your money on 6m and 10m FM because it's dead-totally wrong. It's similar to the Yaesu FT-8900, but much cheaper. I've had this in my shack for a month now and really like it.