I need some help with a new radio.

[WRQL415]

I just got a GMRS radio, and although I've been in CB for years this radio is difficult for me to understand.  Is there anyone around me (Keene N.H) that could spend a few minutes or hours showing me how to set up my radio? 

[Borage257]

What specific questions about setting it up do you have?

Do you have an antenna for it? How are you powering the radio ( car install vs base install)?

[wayoverthere]

Just now, Borage257 said:

What specific questions about setting it up do you have?

First, welcome @WRQL415 !

I will second @Borage257to say go ahead and throw out the questions;there's a good base of collective knowledge here, and the collective "we" will likely have answers for most things short of maybe vehicle install specifics for a given vehicle model.

That radio comes pretty thoroughly set up, programming wise; the main setting you may need will be t-ctcs (or t-dcs) to access a repeater. The gmrs01-gmrs07 and gmrs15-gmrs22 are your simplex (radio to radio, like cb) channels, while the REPT15-22 are set up with the appropriate offset for repeaters. You just need to put in the t-ctcs or t-dcs based on the repeater information (listing or from the owner/trustee) and that's it, programming wise.

Physical setup, you will need a power supply of you're using it as a base, and an appropriate antenna. The group can definitely offer  suggestions for both once we know what kind of setup you have in mind.

[Borage257]

Also check you local ham groups. like these guys (http://ccdxarc.org/). They are local and will be easier to contact than random gmrs forum members.