inputs.text: not bad lot technical reviews done updated - update ok got back hawaii week spending time using t8r ohio month little radio starting grow big way yesterdays fiasco im working buying another one allow tell screwed working car basically cleaning sat dormant 2 months island listening favorite local repeater laid radio base windshield meets hood couple hours later quiet repeater guess forgot radio sitting car yeah guy put car back together went inside grabbed wallet proceeded drive rain food store 5 miles away got car heard repeater traffic course opened car back turn already mobile radio thats heard radio traffic coming base windshield radio rode outside car 5 miles pouring rain sold figure get second one shipped hawaii old review 4 stars ive little gem radio week say not bad theres lot technical reviews done radio series putting technical aside say im questioning spending 14000 radio let start pointing positives ill get negatives multifunction boot dont know else describe basically boot radio different modes normal gmrs murs mixed family hams nonhams gmrs license would excellent tool also find group say backpackingcampinghiking type trip mixed raios could conceivably talk everyone group theoretically pretty decent feature scanning speed huge improvement chinese radios 6 frequencies scann youre gonna want faster scanning speed weather protection advertised weather protection using stock equipment minute throw speaker mic nonstock antenna weather protection gone usually youre like reason youre using speaker mic radio protected jacket not big deal big deal throw thing pack fall mud heavens open got chance still working antenna yeah antenna plus works mean got really good receive seems hit everything talk doesnt look bad either yes aesthetics something people look radio new feature like best noaa weather alert like radio like weather alert dont like carrying around two radios nice everything need one little package not overbearing kinds distractions like mobile phone im thinking dual receive crossbanding distinct possibility transmitting uhf noaa alert still go menu set right looks like ill wait first monday check charging car nice charging car directly battery cable proper voltage amps plug plug battery bam good go wish ac adapter charged directly battery ok point cons crossband repeater people use cross band repeater well ive found theres lot people use cross band repeating one direction inside house crossbanding radiothen repeater rag chewing theyre able hear repeater lot newer construction wrapping houses tin foil like living faraday cage times radio two way crossband really wish way adjust talk radio getting hot rag chew session lol hope able changed future firmware upgrades without change crossband function really sort useless heres comments come crossbanding useless anyway also way start crossbanding little tricky buttons hold turning radio battery life average dont expect rag chew day andor scan expect battery last 67 hours youre monitoring talking occasionally youre gonna get 1214 hours continuous extended battery would real nice case design doesnt lend extended battery hf receive ok paper sw lw basically 1530mhz looks good seems like nice feature theres one problem no ssb receive theres huge issue capture antenna basically theres not enough antenna catch good signal barely pick time station 100 50 25mhz radio thing booms s9 ft857 long wire burried noise static termn8r basically hf receive kinda useless humble opinion maybe others better luck doesnt seem use functional qso compared radios compared wouxun kguv8d 10900 firmware 105 baofeng bff8hp 6300 2000 extended battery 1000 extended faux leather case 9300 latest firmware baofengtech im not sure extra 3000 radio worth uv8d sooo easyto switch repeater changed channels repeater repeater mode read screen hard not use go menus times wish proper case screen protector screen straight qsos baofeng works like champ not pretty not expensive isnt feature packed far built like tank put extended case plus program channels medium power switch high power needed extended battery kicks anytones butt battery life bottom line unless theres firmware upgrade work issues find issues doubt would buy another one noaa weather alert cant seem bring shell extra 3040 cost baofeng things normally radio also yes possible lock transmit noaa weather channels want monitor baofeng hopes helps anyone looking purchase one nice doubt use full potential