inputs.text: not go cheap - unit suffers reliability issues sometimes turn comes completely mute not even key beep no switching onoff shaking hitting battery rehemoval would fix radio comes around works fine leave alone day two happens rarely cannot depend carry ehemergency couple small disappointments one 833 khz spacing receive two poorly compatible david clark h1013s headset quiet ui confusing everyone says works works though rugged construction quality built handheld could really nice someone not work well sadly wish bought icom a14 instead went cheap use aa batteries adapter a14 went 60 ridiculous amount adapter vertex got 20 edit 20110811 traced issue sound intermittent contact speaker mainboard bent little sprung leafs needlenose pliers everything works reliably