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FROM MY BASE STATION POWER SUPPLY AND NOT HAVE ANOTHER WALL WART ON THE
POWER STRIP.  SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMING THIS IS AN EASY PART OF THE REVIEW
TO WRITE THERE ISNT SOFTWARE.  THE LACK OF A SPEAKER MIC OR HEADPHONE JACK,
WHICH IS THE USUAL PORT FOR CLONING AND PROGRAMMING, MAY NOT BE A PROBLEM
FOR AN ENTRYLEVEL RADIO BUT COULD BE FOR MORE DEMANDING USE.  SINCE ALL
MEMORIES HAVE TO BE PROGRAMMED BY HAND, THIS PUTS A DAMPER ON THE SCANNING
CAPABILITIES BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DATA ENTRY REQUIRED.  QUICKLY CLONING
OR PROGRAMMING A RADIO IS QUITE IMPORTANT FOR SOME PUBLIC SERVICE TEAM
FUNCTIONS, AS WELL.  WHILE ITS EASY TO PROGRAM ONE MEMORY, TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE 200 MEMORY CHANNELS WOULD REQUIRE A LOT OF BUTTON PUSHING.  OVER
TIME, IT WOULDNT BE SO BAD TO BUILD UP A SET OF MEMORIES AND CONFIGURE
SCANNING TO USE THEM.  CONCLUSION WHILE THE FT 252 AND FT 257 LACK SOME
FEATURES OF MORE EXPENSIVE RADIOS, THEY PROVIDE EXCELLENT VALUE FOR THE
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