That's why I run commercial radios as long as I have the frequencies needed 
ahead of time, the broad band radios, ICT-90, THF6A, really are nice if you 
want all band coverage or a scanner though not with the stock rubber duck 
but I much prefer commercial Kenwood radios or icom commercial gear. I sold 
the TH-F6A because I really wasn't using it opting for my commercial 
equipment. The ICT90A is really only along in case of a last minute 
frequency change, it is down from the others in performance as are all the 
wide band coverage radios I and others have used and honestly if someone 
made me the right offer, I'd probably sell it gladly and go for something 
with not as much out of band coverage. I don't really push the sale because 
of the cheap radios out there, I don't think I could sell it. Actually, if I 
remember to bring it along, the old FT-51 is a better performing radio, it's 
big and heavy but considering most of what I use them for is public service 
events, and I'm used to walking around with a motorola MTX9250 or MTS2000 on 
my belt to keep an ear on my 900 MHz repeater most of the time most places I 
go, I dont' even notice a bigger heavier radio. My wife's baofeng hasn't yet 
but I have seen the Baofeng UV5R radios fail, and usually when you need them 
most at public service events. At the Boston Marathon, I know 2 people who 
had them for some reason go to where they'd only transmit for a few seconds 
suddenly as if someone set the time out timer to 10 seconds or so all of a 
sudden. I've heard of other insidents as well where I had to loan a spare 
hand held to someone because their chinese radio went flakey or failed at an 
event and when I do 3 or more a month sometimes, I want something proven. 
The FT-51 has been in the shop twice in it's 14 years but it's been dropped, 
stepped on, over heated, and about everything else that can happen to a hand 
held and it still works the little I use it. I'm told it looks almost brand 
new too. If I went with one of the little light radios clipped to my belt 
I'd probably be checking every 2 seconds to see if it was still there.