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It is an older 2m/440 rig. It works. The battery is not that difficult to change but a little digging is required. The light for the display tends to go out, there's actually two bulbs, one for the left and one for the right side of the lcd display. The display can still be read daytime. The stock microphone cord tends to crumble. The stock microphone is kind of flimsy. The radio itself is built pretty solid and provides a long reliable service life. Built in CTCSS for repeater operation.The cross-band repeat mod is not really worth the trouble since it provides only simplex (one way) cross band.The extended transmit mod does not allow for extended 70cm operation, it will not cover FRS/GMRS.Separate 2m and 70cm connectors is something that is a personal preference yet when considering it thoroughly it has numerous advantages. What is stupid is that Kenwood put an so-239 for the 70cm connector which should be an N type connector. This is the kind of thing that puts the "amateur" in amateur radio.