Wow, Seriously I didn't think you guys would make so much fun out of something useful.
Anyway, I mainly keep it in my Jeep Wrangler for when I'm offroading, it gets out when there is no cell phone reception in remote areas. It's also great for if I'm in a group of people who are with me when were out in the sticks, we can tune to the same channel and communicate to each other. Not to mention it's handy as a pocket in your underwear when your sitting in traffic and need something to pass the time with. Truck drives can tell you what is happening, where the troopers are, if you should take an exit to bypass the congestion, etc. Hopefully someday I'll move up to ham radio.
Oh, and something I used to do in High School growing up, you can tell I live in the sticks, is Rabbit Race (aka fox hunt, dxing). I believe there is a wiki page out there on dxing or something, but we would spend many a friday or saturday nights doing this.
I had some pictures, but I must of deleted them or something....I'll get some more. I'm guessing it's a 40 position switch since it's 40 channels. It still works now, I just broke the shaft off! I had it pulled out working on it and tilted my seat up on it and broke it. Hopefully I'll get if fixed.