Need some advice

[Scythe13]

(11 June 2014, 21:54)Midnitemo Wrote: That's really strange I looked at them and immediately thought less buttons equals simpler to operate......ease of operation is my biggest requirement.

As LS says, 5's are much easier than the 3's because of the buttons.

Imagine having to scroll your clicky twisty thing next to the ariel, in jumps of 25mhz, then clicking the normal buttons to get incremental changes of only 5mhz, then you have to click back into the initial basic buttons to the back system to reduce it again to the 1mhz change for the twisty knob, then going back to the programming bit to fine tune it to the right frequency, then having to scroll back through the back system to get to the save option.

Once 3's are programmed, they are much smaller and lighter, so are my current preference. But the ones I have do lack the ability to scan through the airwaves to pick up channels.

If I was just starting again, I'd go for a 5 to start with, then once competent with that, I'd change it up for a 3 for ease of carry.