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Hi James. Thanks for checking in. Some ares are very quiet. Especially because the band (frequency group) is somewhat short-range / Line of Sight tech. Unless someone is within a couple of miles, you likely wont hear them. The most I got out of my HT's are about 6.3 miles. Normally its 2 miles or less. Did you buy the radio for entertainment, looking for others to talk to or did you get it for another purpose and just trying to find users outside of that intended purpose? Also, not trying to give you a hard time, but the UV5R isn't approved for use on GMRS and FRS frequencies. You can listen with no issues, but they are Ham/Amateur radios, so you can't legal transmit on GMRS/FRS frequencies. They are capable of operating in unapproved modes, capable of using too much bandwidth and are not capable of going to a low enough output power setting to stay within the 0.5 watts on some of the FRS channels. I figured I would just give you a heads-up on those points.

Introducing yourself as the "FNG" was probably bold enough to break the ice.