inputs.text: minor annoyances overall good value - puxing pxuv973 purchased arrived accessories worked fine set dealer bought pei charged battery checked transmitter output power shipmentreceiver good performs vx7r not quite well wouxun kguv6d receiver quirk little annoying especially quiet room doublesquelch tail carrier drops making rather loud click receiver audio loud typical ht audio bit tinny fully understandable squelch works better baofeng weak signals readable without holding monitor button radio true dual receiver listen two stations simultaneously unlike dual watch baofeng wouxun seems little sensitive intermod either baofeng wouxun vx7r also sensitive intermod due wide band receivertransmitter transmit audio quality quite adequate power output 5w vhf 4w uhfantenna performs almost identically nagoya na701 purchased baofeng uv5r radios body radio holds male connector baofengcompatible antennas work fine radio mfj1717 antenna outperforms nagoya na771 significant margin available bnc smam smaf connector need added rangecharger shows power charging status turns green fully charged inserting radio charger need push radio back charger align slots battery contacts charger otherwise wont chargebelt clip works well good retention requiring conscious effort remove belt no wrist strap included radio know many people dont use dofcc cert fcc id printed label radio doesnt indicate level cert part 97 part 95 part 90 etcbattery battery clips two slide latches one side make sure push battery firmly radio snaps securely included battery 1200mah significantly smaller 1800mah battery baofeng 1700mah battery wouxun 1600mah battery aaa battery case available aftermarketcompare 1150mah vx7r fnb80li battery 700mah icw32a icbp173 1200mah not badoperation1 programming puxing software works well enough not allow importing files software need enter information hand first time making easy make mistakes no cutcopy options way move channels memory want insert channel need reenter everything pei offers software rt systems rt systems software works much better free software puxing worth money transferring repeater lists software via csv tabdelimited use travel plusi problem puxing software running i7 win 7 64 bit laptop ran fine core 2 duo xp pro 32 bit laptop laptops used program various radios icom kenwood yaesu baofeng wouxun cable used puxing baofeng wouxun kenwood no kenwood hts2 scanning slower wouxun speed baofeng means slow 34 channels per second3 intermod seems problems intermod birdies baofeng wouxun least seems way scanning repeaters three radios puxing stops birdies either othertwo course could simply matter frequencies programmed local radio spectrum usage interestingly birdies three radios mostly land frequencies indicating radios use similar ifs oscillators filters etc4 controls volume control bit larger wouxun makes easier accidentally change volume radio brushes clothing etc channel knob easy operate one thing nice microphone connector opposite side radio volume knob unlikely change volume control ptt two controls top one black monitor switch held bottom one orange appears thing reprogrammable using puxing software ill experiment5 crossband repeat amazing radio low cost functionality vx7r icw32a cost several times much radio set one frequency pair channel b channel reception transmit b vice versa6 keyboard standard telephone layout zero bottom menu system pretty easy figure experience computerized radios turned keyboard beep annoying select channels adddelete scanning keyboard neither baofeng wouxun allow also scan ctcssdcs tones convenient unknown unlisted tones vfomr button scrolls memory name b memory channel c memory frequency vfo frequency quickly check frequency current channel7 comfort radio lightweight fits easily hand8 fm radio pressing menu key lower orange key side radio turns fm radio9 reliability longevity soon telli radios ive using 1520 years still work fine replacement microphones speakers batteries antennas etc well baofeng wouxun puxing hold no idea since chinese manufacturing chips iphones tablets etc good quality potential matter whether willing take time money make products reliablein mean time im fun trying new radios radio thats light weight inexpensive means gets used taken places icom yaesu radios come play time time mostly chinese radios use daily basisdo miss broadband receive capabilities vx7r not much expected couple cheap radios around means listen talk often im meeting people wayill see feel puxing using months think itll one favorites like wouxun kguv6d say dealer purchased pei good assisting difficulties refreshing change average seller todaytwo course could simply matter frequencies programmed local radio spectrum usage interestingly birdies three radios mostly land frequencies indicating radios use similar ifs oscillators filters etc4 controls volume control bit larger wouxun makes easier accidentally change volume radio brushes clothing etc channel knob easy operate one thing nice microphone connector opposite side radio volume knob unlikely change volume control ptt two controls top one black monitor switch held bottom one orange appears thing reprogrammable using puxing software ill experiment5 crossband repeat amazing radio low cost functionality vx7r icw32a cost several times much radio set one frequency pair channel b channel reception transmit b vice versa6 keyboard standard telephone layout zero bottom menu system pretty easy figure experience computerized radios turned keyboard beep annoying select channels adddelete scanning keyboard neither baofeng wouxun allow also scan ctcssdcs tones convenient unknown unlisted tones vfomr button scrolls memory name b memory channel c memory frequency vfo frequency quickly check frequency current channel7 comfort radio lightweight fits easily hand8 fm radio pressing menu key lower orange key side radio turns fm radio9 reliability andlongevity soon telli radios ive using 1520 years still work fine replacement microphones speakers batteries antennas etc well baofeng wouxun puxing hold no idea since chinese manufacturing chips iphones tablets etc good quality potential matter whether willing take time money make products reliablein mean time im fun trying new radios radio thats light weight inexpensive means gets used taken places icom yaesu radios come play time time mostly chinese radios use daily basisdo miss broadband receive capabilities vx7r not much expected couple cheap radios around means listen talk often im meeting people wayill see feel puxing using months think itll one favorites like wouxun kguv6d say dealer purchased pei good assisting difficulties refreshing change average seller today