I've owned about 5 of these things and I always leave them in the truck I'm selling. So, I've had my current truck awhile but I'm installing these PRO520XL in it this coming weekend. Only complaint is, for it's compact size, which allows all kinds of places to install it in, I know there's room inside the unit itself to add Weather Channels (NOAA) I'm sticking with this radio because of the price #1...#2 it's always performed as advertised with no problems at all. Transmitting distance, with a CB Radio, ANY CB Radio depends on a multitude of things like, mountains, windy roads, elevation ("skip" is fun when you're on the top of an especially big/tall mountain, especially when it's the flat desert for hundred's+ of miles on the other side...Talked to MANY MANY folks from all over the SE, East, NE and I especially like "conversing" the Louisiana/Georgia area States. Man, those guys have accents that just won't quit and especially unique stories to tell...Like a different world over there and I want to visit it before I'm dead and gone and you just gotta love it! Thanks Uniden for keeping me posted while driving, and at home too! And, almost around the world. I started CB'n back in my late teens (16 once I got a license to drive...) and because I've used my CB in many occasons o an emergency, for usually less than $100, you can fire a CB up in your vehicle, talk to the truckers on your trip and just have peace of mind. You might think you're OK with just your cell phone...Uhmmmmm, ever been driving in areas where there is no cell signal, basically a NO CELL ZONE??? I rescued a family of 5 in a NO CELL ZONE in the mountains at 11pm. Car just stopped and it was about 40 degrees outside. Parents had 3 kids ranging from 7-12. Couldn't use my Verizon Cell so I fired up my Uniden PRO520XL and after a few minutes, I finally picked up a guy who lived in Georgia. The State of GEORGIA! I was just outside of Bend, OR, just a couple THOUSAND miles away rom the guy who answered my "May Day" Call...GEORGIA!!! Had a good clear signal so he took my info of where we were, approx. how many miles we were up on a specific mountain road and gave him my cell number too. What he did was call the local Bend, OR sheriffs' office, about 30 miles away from where "The Family" and we were. The police then relayed the message to a AAA towing company located in Bend, and within a little over an hour, up the road a AAA Towing Truck finally came! Family Saved!...We were there for about 2+ hours total, but it was great to be able to help this family. Literally, the "Dad" told me he was going to go buy a CB for his SUV and one for his motor home too as soon as he gets back home to Portland. Not only are CB's great in emergency's like this (Cheap insurance against a possible tragedy...) they're fun too. I also use mine when caravanning with a few of my friends who have CB's while driving together on our way to a camping or fishing destination. Easily coordinate Pee breaks! And, they're just plain fun, convenient too and you get quality at an affordable cost. PLUS, they're very very easy to install! Ken J. Nehalem, OR.

I have used this CB for 10 years. It lasts a long time and works well. I have had to replace the microphone a few times, but for the price point it has greatly exceed my expectations.The RF gain at this price point is the main reason I got this radio. I don't use the squelch at all and only use the RF gain. I turn the squelch off and then adjust the RF gain down to make the background noise comfortable. This allows me to hear distant and choose signals. I will never get the model without the RF gain after using this one.I highly recommend this radio.

Great CB on the cheap. I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could; it's not a full blown 'knock my socks off' 5 stars, but for what it costs it has performed fantastically. I didn't bother with a review before since there's well over 1000, but since I managed to finally break it, now is a good time to do a long term review. Purchase date was April 2013 so it's a little over 4.5 years old. (Edit 2018...it's now 5.5 years old and still works...except for the speaker) It's in my Jeep so no roof or doors most of the time. Tons of dust and occasional mud, water, etc. It's mounted with the speaker facing inward to avoid the occasional splash or direct rain before I can get the roof up, but that's about the only real preventive measure. Dang thing still works after 5.5 years, but the speaker died over a year ago. Got an external speaker. REALLY should have done that sooner. SO much better than the little one in the c.b. (when it worked). Great for a noisy Jeep. And as far as transmissions go, I'm told my setup is one of the clearer ones to hear. Anyway, for around 30 bucks and 5.5 years of abuse, I can't complain, and the little dude still operates...mostly.One other thing to consider: It's brother the 510 got the ANL option and this one has the PA option. Their more expensive sibling, the 520, got both. The clarity is pretty dang good so I'm not sure how much ANL would improve my noisy Jeep experience.Wish list: It would be nice if Uniden made a small format CB with NOAA weather, just a thought.

Basic CB. For the price it works really well. Simple to use and its small. I hooked it up with a PA speaker and it seems loud. Overall happy with it.

Working great.

Muy buen producto

Equipos Básicos pero muy buenos no son para exigentes solo es AM, son equipos ideales para trabajo en taxis u otros proyectos de comunicación.

Good ..not the right one ??

There are many more expensive CBs, and there are those chinese knockoff "import CBs" which come in at a few dollars more, but this seems to be a solid rig. I get better performance from this than the stock Uniden bearcat 980SSB I tried a while back (which if 4 to 5 times the price). It's small enough, and the rotary buttons do not feel cheap. The RF Gain is useful. The Noise cancellation takes care of some noise but not all. The most important part is to have a GOOD antenna. Use an external tuner, for $30 it's worth it. The lack of channel scanning is a minor inconvenient. Wish it had Weather band, but these are more advanced features. The mic seems/feel cheap but apparently works ok. I use it when I travel on the road and for emergencies. For something you would use daily in/out of city would recommend something with more features. Cheap enough to store with $50 antenna and $30 tuner in trunk for emergencies. Make sure you understand how to use it, and make sure you understand what SWR is and antenna tuner, otherwise you WILL wreck your radio, and your RF will NOT get out.

I've owned about 5 of these things and I always leave them in the truck I'm selling. So, I've had my current truck awhile but I'm installing these PRO520XL in it this coming weekend. Only complaint is, for it's compact size, which allows all kinds of places to install it in, I know there's room inside the unit itself to add Weather Channels (NOAA) I'm sticking with this radio because of the price #1...#2 it's always performed as advertised with no problems at all. Transmitting distance, with a CB Radio, ANY CB Radio depends on a multitude of things like, mountains, windy roads, elevation ("skip" is fun when you're on the top of an especially big/tall mountain, especially when it's the flat desert for hundred's+ of miles on the other side...Talked to MANY MANY folks from all over the SE, East, NE and I especially like "conversing" the Louisiana/Georgia area States. Man, those guys have accents that just won't quit and especially unique stories to tell...Like a different world over there and I want to visit it before I'm dead and gone and you just gotta love it! Thanks Uniden for keeping me posted while driving, and at home too! And, almost around the world. I started CB'n back in my late teens (16 once I got a license to drive...) and because I've used my CB in many occasons o an emergency, for usually less than $100, you can fire a CB up in your vehicle, talk to the truckers on your trip and just have peace of mind. You might think you're OK with just your cell phone...Uhmmmmm, ever been driving in areas where there is no cell signal, basically a NO CELL ZONE??? I rescued a family of 5 in a NO CELL ZONE in the mountains at 11pm. Car just stopped and it was about 40 degrees outside. Parents had 3 kids ranging from 7-12. Couldn't use my Verizon Cell so I fired up my Uniden PRO520XL and after a few minutes, I finally picked up a guy who lived in Georgia. The State of GEORGIA! I was just outside of Bend, OR, just a couple THOUSAND miles away rom the guy who answered my "May Day" Call...GEORGIA!!! Had a good clear signal so he took my info of where we were, approx. how many miles we were up on a specific mountain road and gave him my cell number too. What he did was call the local Bend, OR sheriffs' office, about 30 miles away from where "The Family" and we were. The police then relayed the message to a AAA towing company located in Bend, and within a little over an hour, up the road a AAA Towing Truck finally came! Family Saved!...We were there for about 2+ hours total, but it was great to be able to help this family. Literally, the "Dad" told me he was going to go buy a CB for his SUV and one for his motor home too as soon as he gets back home to Portland. Not only are CB's great in emergency's like this (Cheap insurance against a possible tragedy...) they're fun too. I also use mine when caravanning with a few of my friends who have CB's while driving together on our way to a camping or fishing destination. Easily coordinate Pee breaks! And, they're just plain fun, convenient too and you get quality at an affordable cost. PLUS, they're very very easy to install! Ken J. Nehalem, OR.

I have used this CB for 10 years. It lasts a long time and works well. I have had to replace the microphone a few times, but for the price point it has greatly exceed my expectations.The RF gain at this price point is the main reason I got this radio. I don't use the squelch at all and only use the RF gain. I turn the squelch off and then adjust the RF gain down to make the background noise comfortable. This allows me to hear distant and choose signals. I will never get the model without the RF gain after using this one.I highly recommend this radio.

Great CB on the cheap. I'd give it 4.5 stars if I could; it's not a full blown 'knock my socks off' 5 stars, but for what it costs it has performed fantastically. I didn't bother with a review before since there's well over 1000, but since I managed to finally break it, now is a good time to do a long term review. Purchase date was April 2013 so it's a little over 4.5 years old. (Edit 2018...it's now 5.5 years old and still works...except for the speaker) It's in my Jeep so no roof or doors most of the time. Tons of dust and occasional mud, water, etc. It's mounted with the speaker facing inward to avoid the occasional splash or direct rain before I can get the roof up, but that's about the only real preventive measure. Dang thing still works after 5.5 years, but the speaker died over a year ago. Got an external speaker. REALLY should have done that sooner. SO much better than the little one in the c.b. (when it worked). Great for a noisy Jeep. And as far as transmissions go, I'm told my setup is one of the clearer ones to hear. Anyway, for around 30 bucks and 5.5 years of abuse, I can't complain, and the little dude still operates...mostly.One other thing to consider: It's brother the 510 got the ANL option and this one has the PA option. Their more expensive sibling, the 520, got both. The clarity is pretty dang good so I'm not sure how much ANL would improve my noisy Jeep experience.Wish list: It would be nice if Uniden made a small format CB with NOAA weather, just a thought.

Basic CB. For the price it works really well. Simple to use and its small. I hooked it up with a PA speaker and it seems loud. Overall happy with it.

Working great.

Muy buen producto

Equipos Básicos pero muy buenos no son para exigentes solo es AM, son equipos ideales para trabajo en taxis u otros proyectos de comunicación.

Good ..not the right one ??

There are many more expensive CBs, and there are those chinese knockoff "import CBs" which come in at a few dollars more, but this seems to be a solid rig. I get better performance from this than the stock Uniden bearcat 980SSB I tried a while back (which if 4 to 5 times the price). It's small enough, and the rotary buttons do not feel cheap. The RF Gain is useful. The Noise cancellation takes care of some noise but not all. The most important part is to have a GOOD antenna. Use an external tuner, for $30 it's worth it. The lack of channel scanning is a minor inconvenient. Wish it had Weather band, but these are more advanced features. The mic seems/feel cheap but apparently works ok. I use it when I travel on the road and for emergencies. For something you would use daily in/out of city would recommend something with more features. Cheap enough to store with $50 antenna and $30 tuner in trunk for emergencies. Make sure you understand how to use it, and make sure you understand what SWR is and antenna tuner, otherwise you WILL wreck your radio, and your RF will NOT get out.