The radio is comfortably large, fitting the hand nicely. The gray part sticking up at the top is the cover for the mic-earpiece jacks. Note that the base is rounded - it won't stand up on the base, which is aggravating.

The horizontal button near my finger is the CALL button - it transmits a deedle-deedle to all radios on the frequency. The two vertical yellow buttons are the UP and DOWN button; when it receive, they control volume. The gray button on top near my thumb is the MODE button - pressing it cycles through the various modes, then you use the UP or DOWN button to make selections within a MODE (select channels, for example, or CTCSS tones). The second gray button toggles VOX, the third gray button locks/unlocks the radio, and the bottom gray button toggles WX from NOAA.

The radio is comfortably large, fitting the hand nicely. The gray part sticking up at the top is the cover for the mic-earpiece jacks. Note that the base is rounded - it won't stand up on the base, which is aggravating.

The horizontal button near my finger is the CALL button - it transmits a deedle-deedle to all radios on the frequency. The two vertical yellow buttons are the UP and DOWN button; when it receive, they control volume. The gray button on top near my thumb is the MODE button - pressing it cycles through the various modes, then you use the UP or DOWN button to make selections within a MODE (select channels, for example, or CTCSS tones). The second gray button toggles VOX, the third gray button locks/unlocks the radio, and the bottom gray button toggles WX from NOAA.