I bought one at the Dayton Hamvention on Saturday that was supposed to
be "new in the box". When I got it home and opened it up on Monday
afternoon there had been battery leakage in the battery compartment. I
did put batteries in it to see how it worked and it seems fine, but it
is going back in the next couple of days and either they will give me a
new one or I will get a refund. This is the kind of crap that seems to
happen to me at when I buy things at Radio Shack...I should have known
better. On the other hand, it seems like a pretty good buy at $50 and
seems to work pretty well.