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I'e been checking several times a day. I'm beginning to think my VEC snail mailed my paperwork.

Thank you. I joined a local amateur radio club and those guys have been great. They have loaned me an Icom IC-208H mobile, a 10 meter radio and a power supply to use until I can get my own equipment. I will be working on installing a Comet GP-9 dual band and 10m wire antenna on one end of my house along with a Comet CA-712EFC on the other end of the house. There will be about 55 feet between each antenna mast so I should be good to go there. I did pick up a pair of Baofeng UV-5R GMRS radios and still have to decide what radio to use for a GMRS base station.

Hello from Missouri. I just received my GMRS license yesterday and passed my amateur technician license last Saturday. I'm still waiting on my amateur call sign. I stepped off into the rabbit hole with both feet since I am getting into amateur radio and GMRS. But it is like any other hobby that I am in. Model trains aren't much better. I look forward to learning as much as my coffee soaked brain can take in.

I just bought two UV-5R GMRS radios from the Baofeng Amazon store and they work on every channel. There isn’t any repeater close for me to try.