I'd gotten quite used to it on my Icom radios and could not imagine living without it. The radio has actually become my preferred one if I need to grab and HT and go The presence of an actual encoder knob is a huge plus over the cheaper radios. I used it all the way home and was impressed - I got good audio reports, was able to achieve pretty decent performance, and found no issues. Before driving home, I used my laptop to program the radio, put one battery on charge, and connected the hand mic and my mobile antenna via an adapter. I wanted a backup radio for my emergency kit, and this inexpensive dual-bander fit the bill nicely. It has now a bug that prevents me to use it normally. The more I learned about handhelds, the more I hated this radio.
I don't know how, the radio does not behave as expected.
