ORIGINAL: richb1492
....I have the 8uaf. Its a bear to program and has a broken switch....
If you have the same number of resons to keep your existing radio as to getting a new one, then you should add weight to those reasons to see if the "scales" tip to one side or the other.
You only list two reasons to sell your existing radio. You don't list the reasons to keep it. In my book, those two reasons are pretty heavy. If I can't navigate thru the programming menus easily, then the radio gets replaced. I probably wouldn't even buy it in the first place. A radio that has a broken switch either from use (old age) or due to a fall is a radio that I need to send in t have it checked. I might as well get me a back-up radio.
If I was in the market for a new radio, I would look closely at the 2.4 systems. The freedom from the frequency board, and the inability of somebody else to be using my frequency simply outweight any other reasons.
Rafael