inputs.text: great little radio - purchased 4 radios one low audio volume trashed yes \\trashed it\\ not worth fixing radios work well general use little camera battery easy find cheap smallthese radios work well intended purposebut not loud enough even working ones use noisy environment likely volume way miss calls speaker covered lot background noise recommend uv5r better yet one yeasu radios need 800 mw 1 watt audio radios heard crowd pf chang marathon experienceon hand little beats radio size functionality price makes good back radio backpacking bearing mind compromise antenna lower power limitation ive put shirt pocket enjoyed monitoring local repeater hours every ham least 1 not 2 especially xyl ham since thing shopping super walmart sams costcothey proven inadequate beach due high level background noise functional travel could carry 1 radio would uv5r high capacity batter pack generally small size standard pack higher power better audioas usual wide frequency range not type accepted outside ham bands put pair gopack along charger spare batteries improved antenna lot functionality price