Radioddity GA-510 10-Watt Dual Band Ham Radio

Update on the Update: Desk charger failed. Shows red when battery in dock, battery does not charge, light never goes green. Nine months out from purchase, radio actually used a handful of times due to horrible receive performance. "Support window closed" when trying to contact Radioddity. Pure junk. Update: I bought this as a backup radio and in initial testing, performance was good. My main attraction was the best-in-class display which was easy on my aging eyes. However, when I actually started using the radio, it's weaknesses became apparent. Transmit audio is good, but receive audio is worse than ever... Crackling and full of static unless you're right on top of the transmitting station. More than a two miles from a repeater, the radio is unusable. Duck, base or mobile antenna makes no difference. Replaced it with a Baofeng GT-5R from Radioddity. Despite the lame Baofeng display, the GT-5R is superior to the GA-510 in every relevant way... Performance and build quality. Skip the GA-510. I bought this as a backup radio, not a daily carry. Performance is very good. Receive tends to be prone to overload, and receive audio through the internal speaker is somewhat tinny and weak. Transmit audio is crystal clear resulting it top notch signal reports. Recharge times are faster than expected. Battery life is excellent. The "paper white" LCD display is best in class, and light years ahead of competitive Chinese radios. Build quality is exceptionally solid and results in a very impressive little radio for the money. On the bench, output is clean and clear with no splatter or troublesome harmonics. Far cleaner than the UV-5R, UV-82, and UV-82 I used as baseline comparisons. About the same as my TYT UV-8000D and TYT MD-390 in terms of signal purity. No worse than my Yaesu FT-60R. Pros: Paper white LCD display is clean and clear with large, clear fonts. Very easy to read under any conditions. As I said, best in class. Radio is compact and solid, and feels good in your hand. Very durable materials and build quality. Transmit audio is top notch, Recharges fast and has better than expected battery life. Cons: Receive audio is weak and tinny, comparable to a Baofeng UV-5R. Receiver could use better filtering. Summary: This is a great little radio for field use. Averages 7.5 watts on both bands. Good clean transmitted signal. Receive audio is probably not the best choice for noisy environments. All in all, I'm glad I added it to my collection. A great value for the money.