It’s all good, you were only trying like I am! I didn’t drive out that way yet or anything so no harm, no foul. Where I’m located is close to TSTC, just a few miles east of the IH-35 corridor and just shy of a couple miles N/NW of 84.
I read in an earlier post that you used to live in McGregor but moved after retiring. Are you still in Texas? If so, I just found something awesome, but you gotta pay around $25 to use it (good for a year, I think). Become a supporting member of the Texas GMRS (TexasGMRS.net) website and you get access to RO-IP, either via Android, iOS or PC, and you basically “dial-in” to a repeater that’s linked to almost every repeater in Texas and talk over wifi or cell data. My first day, I keyed up and talked to guys from Mexia, Cypress, and Troy!