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WSEN940 thank you for the post about your experience with this radio. I'm hawking the mailbox for the day mine arrives. Also, thank you for your experience with the DB25-G. Reading through multiple on-line reviews (mostly on the jungle website), I noted how many people had the DB25 completely fail within the first few months of use. Pretty surprising, considering that most of the complaints about the DB20-G were related to output power not being exactly 20 Watts when measured, but much fewer issues with the robustness of the radio itself. The bad comments about the DB25 were enough for me to steer clear, just to potentially get 5 more Watts of power for less reliability. Question for the group: Does everyone isolate their power, much like you would for a CB radio, and connect directly to the battery and ground point, in order to avoid any electronic interference noise? Does everyone just use their cigarette plug as is? I'm comfortable wiring direct in my pickup, as I've already done so for my CB radio setup. For now, this radio would roam between vehicles as required, and I might not want to do a direct wire setup for every vehicle. I'm sure there are trade-offs, but unless the radio is completely unusable, I will probably use the cigarette lighter in my car and wife's car for the time being.

There are about four or five repeaters that I venture near to add to the radio. I also figure if there is ever a firmware update (and I "need" to install it), being familiar with the native software is probably a good idea.

Thank you Steve and WRYS709 for your replies. That helps. I will probably try the free software first, just to see how the radio is programmed from the factory. I will check out the RT website anyway, just to learn more. I took the plunge and purchased a DB-20G "kit" directly from the Radioddity website (free shipping). When you figure in the extras (mag mount for antenna + cup holder radio mount) it was a pretty good deal for me to have a portable mobile system that can move between vehicles/house/shack until I decide to get another.

Steve, I apologize for my ignorance here: What is/are RT Systems? I'm guessing that's a radio programming software suite? Thanks...just lurking/figuring out what mobile radio I want to buy. I'm leaning towards the DB-20G as a less expensive alternative to get started with. Thanks. Cheeers, Bill