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Title: Great idea, poor execution.
Review: Ok, the features list and the configuration make this look like a great product. Functions as either a mobile CB with a very small footprint, or as a handheld, NOAA Weather stations, easy to use. Looks good so far. But, as a radio, it's just plain junk.Range as a handheld with the provided antenna is only around 100ft or so between two identical units, and that's with the squelch control turned off. So an external antenna is mandatory for pretty much any use. Even when you get good reception, the audio quality from the built in speaker is flat and hard to hear.Using it while driving is the worst situation at all, since the radio is severely impacted by ignition noise from your car. Yes, this is something that you have to deal with when using just about any two-way radio, so it's not like a different brand would eliminate the problem, but this unit does not appear to have any built-in filtering to help with the issue.
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