cobra hand held 38WXST radios

I just baught 2 of them,these radios suck they cant even reach a block distance, plus i cant even get the marine channel that is transmitted here from belleville , 25 years ago i had a tr-217 hand held from radio shack & a noise canceling power mike , it had great range, i thaught since technology has changed for the better ?? why not get a new radio boy was it a mistake the little rubber antenna is so small no wounder it has no distance , the hand mike i got , is so cheaply made they do not have any other mikes that will work a noise cancelling powered one would help dramatically thumbs down for cobra

cobra hand held 38WXST radios