I finally was able to test out these radios to see if they met my need and expectation. Short answer, yes. I was able to use the radio both as a scanner and also "in pit" (meaning desert) communications between car and crew member. Range was not fantastic but certainly as expected, the scanner function was a bit clumsy but overall worked as I hoped. "Mac Daddy" Kenwood in the chase truck will stay there, but when moving around pits, talking to car during testing, they worked better than I would have expected.

The price was so good I had to buy a pair, and so far I am surprised with the quality. I wanted small handheld radios for use around the pit area in the desert, and also as a "scanner" to allow the main Kenwood in the chase vehicle to stay on the race channel while the handheld monitored Weatherman and potentially other relevant channels. So far I can't say if this will work, but as a small handheld radio is seems like a fantastic value and works well.

Thanks also to PCI for their usual great service.

Great radio. Easy to use.

Great radio for the price. Works well to communicate with friends that have PCI radios in their RZR's.

We just got these radios around two weeks ago so we haven’t tested out their range yet but within the 1000’ range we’ve been using them they’re very clear. We just use them around the ranch to keep in contact with each other for safety reasons. The one issue we’ve had with both radios is they won’t switch from frequency mode to channel mode or vice versa. We tried everything the good folks at PCI radios told us to do and nothing. But thanks to some of the best customer service I’ve ever experienced, that’s you Fish, we found a work around and we’re very happy with the radios now. I would recommend these radios.