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I received my new amateur call sign yesterday. I was able to get my dad's call sign, WB9VLW. The photo is one of his old tags.

The KG1000g with the 1/4 wave antenna is working much better than the HT I've been using. But that goes without saying. While driving to and from work, I have had no issues with conversations through the Lemmon 650 repeater. But I'm only 25 miles due south of Tucson, and Lemmon is on top of the mountain. Also a really powerful machine. However now, I can use the Tucson 550 machine with little noise for my whole commute. I've also been able to reach out to the Sierra Vista, and Benson machines while driving up box canyon. Dual channel monitoring is a huge plus, with monsoon season starting soon, I'll be able to have the county flash flood alerts on channel 2 while working the repeaters or direct comms on channel 1. I did follow the advice on the KG1000 tips thread, and made button C scan tones. Makes it really easy to listen in to the pecan orchards and other local chatter.

I keep my Roger Beep on - when someone complains about it, I remind them that its my radio and nobody is forcing them to listen to me.