re expen ive motorola handheld radio for peanuts jeff later writes motorola expo vhf watt chan ht new would like or best offer i m sure that the motorola is worth it but this kind of thing has always mystified me is the price of very good new dual band fully synthasized ht yes yes i know motorola hts are bullet proof unbreakable plutonium based indestructable you can drive a tank over them and they ll still work but just how often does that come up why are hams willing and they are to spend the price of a synthaszied dual bander for a channel xtal rig note this is not a flame as i said i m sure this is a good deal for this rig i m just amazed that it is a good deal i would have guessed that a channel xtal rig could never be worth as much as a dual bander to a ham no matter how durable just shows you how wrong i can be mike n pdy these are my opinions only
