At one time I had the V.X.5-R. but returned it in favor of the adi at-600 because I found the vx5-r. very hard to deal with without the programming software. For one thing the keypad is lined up funny. The star, zero, pound keys are in a vertical row the last row on the right while the rest of the keypad conforms to the customary lineup. And while it has a lot of coverage capability you won't pull much in with the antenna that comes with it. One thing I did like was its separate bank of Noaa weather frequencies that is pre-programmed in. But I found it hard to use. Harvey Heagy (N.5.H.A.U.) we may not know what tomorrow holds, but we do know who holds tomorrow.