There is nothing wrong with the 72 MhZ stuff so long as it is narrow banded and dual conversion. That is almost anything produced after 1991. These radios were the cat's meow right up until the 2.4 stuff came on the market and now some of the guys who push 2.4 say that the 72 stuff is suddenly junk. Not so. Some people actually prefer 72 to 2.4. You can get into long and heated arguments about the merits of the two, but the truth of the matter is that the 72 stuff was fabulous before the 2.4 stuff appeared and it still works just fine.