I just had to take this radio out of the box and test it a bit. Hooked it up on my test bench and it keyed normally and checked the functions. AM/FM worked and showed pretty good modulation. the power levels on dead key was two watts, 5 watts and 10 Watts. Had good swing on AM up to 18 watts on the high power level. Echo works just fine. Got several radio checks and the reports were all good. Looks like a winner, just a crying shame that there is no SSB.