Just got mine and I absolutely love it, I went with the stubby antenna and maybe its my old military days but I prefer 2 knob radios , 1 for channel and 1 for audio. I have other radios but they all use buttons for the channel selections and I'm just more of a fan of these. It will be used at work and as part of my preparedness community. Great radio and I think I will eventually get rid of the others and go with more of these