The baofeng uv-5r is a compact hand held transceiver providing 4 watts in the frequency range of 136-174 mhz and 400-480 mhz it is a compact, economical ht that includes a special vhf receive band from 65 - 108 mhz which includes the regular fm broadcast band. dual watch and dual reception is supported. you get up to 128 memories. other features include: selectable wide/narrow, battery save function, vox, dcs/ctcss encode, key lock and built in flashlight. selectable frequency steps include: 2.5, 5, 6.25, 10, 12.5 and 25 khz. rf power may be selected at 4 or 1 watts. this radio comes with ant5 sma-j flexible antenna, bl-5 li-ion battery (7.4v 1500 mah), belt clip, wrist strap, ac adapter (8.4v 600ma) and drop-in charging tray. this radio requires purchase of the usb-02 programming cable and downloading of software prior to use.