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I'm very pleased with the CS800 (UHF) DMR radio. Note that I've used a 5' CAT5 cable to connect the control head and the radio. The radio itself is mounted temporarily to the right side of the console, and will be relocated to a position under the front passenger seat when I get the time/energy to do so. One feature that the CS800/801 radios do not have is "automatic roaming" but given than I rarely drive outside of my local DMR repeater's coverage, that's not really much of a shortcoming, IMHO! The CS800/801 microphones are very much similar to the Motorola "potato microphones" in that they are beefy and robust and not lightweight and wimpy like so many radios have. Another nice feature that makes mobile operations safer is a voice channel announcement: "Channel One," "Channel Two," et cetera, which means you don't have to take your eyes off the road to "see" what channel has been selected. Also, there are four programmable buttons on the microphone that may be assigned. I have "B" and "C" programmed for channel up/down so I don't have to fumble to reach the control panel's up/down buttons.