I bought one of these shortly after adding a 10 meter repeater (29.54/64) to the GPVHFS system in Pittsburgh. I still have it. Even with the rubber duck antenna it provides decent usage, the highlight being when Westinghouse sent me to El Sauz, Mexico in 1998 and I brought it along. Azden has always brought quality to their products and 25 years later, I'm anticipating working DX if the ionosphere ever returns!