for awhile now i've been wanting a magnum s-9 then all of a sudden the cobra 200 gtl came out. i've had alot of radios in my time and i just don't think your gonna get a better radio for the price. i got mine for $229 with free shipping from amazon.com. then it has a $25 0ff mail in rebate. so thats $204 for the radio. i have always either tuned my own radios or had bob at bobs cb do them. one thing i don't like about the s-9 is there isn't any info being released to the public on these radios as far as tuning goes. all the info for the 200gtl is already up on cbtricks. i just can't wait to get this radio and see what it does for the price. also i'm still gonna get me that s-9 but not for awhile. i figure i saved about $180-$200 going with the cobra.