# I'm new here, but ham for a long time

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**Category:** Introductions\
**Created:** [March 14, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/t/im-new-here-but-ham-for-a-long-time/12686 "2025-03-14T00:52:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Rapaport](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/user_avatar/www.twowayradioforum.com/matthew_rapaport/32/2266_2.png) [@Matthew\_Rapaport](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/u/Matthew_Rapaport)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/t/im-new-here-but-ham-for-a-long-time/12686/1 "2025-03-14T00:52:32Z")

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Hi… New here but not to amateur radio or various forum software…

I’m looking to find or start a thread on the new Baofeng uv5r+pro… I have one. Nice unit! Will try to review…

Matthew

KD6KVH

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**Author:** ![ipokebadgers](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/45deac/32.png) [@ipokebadgers](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/u/ipokebadgers)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/t/im-new-here-but-ham-for-a-long-time/12686/2 "2025-03-14T15:12:10Z")

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Welcome. There is always room for one more. Long time amateur here, but mostly using GMRS these days.

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Rapaport](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/user_avatar/www.twowayradioforum.com/matthew_rapaport/32/2266_2.png) [@Matthew\_Rapaport](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/u/Matthew_Rapaport)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 4:29pm UTC](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/t/im-new-here-but-ham-for-a-long-time/12686/3 "2025-03-14T16:29:27Z")

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Thanks … I’ll go over to amateur and see what I can do. I’m curious… Why GMRS? I know of businesses using it, and also a few “civilians”, but few of the latter have licenses…

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**Author:** ![ipokebadgers](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/45deac/32.png) [@ipokebadgers](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/u/ipokebadgers)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 3:05am UTC](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/t/im-new-here-but-ham-for-a-long-time/12686/4 "2025-03-15T03:05:51Z")

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I use GMRS with my wife and some family in my area. All of the family members have no interest in HAM. We use the radios while travelling, during severe weather, during several cell outages we have had and during a wildfire evacuation. I share a well with a neighbor and gave him an inexpensive GMRS radio that we use during power outages so we can coordinate running water with a generator. I gave my son-in-law a nice HT and he got a license. He also uses his for hunting.

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**Author:** ![Matthew\_Rapaport](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/user_avatar/www.twowayradioforum.com/matthew_rapaport/32/2266_2.png) [@Matthew\_Rapaport](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/u/Matthew_Rapaport)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/t/im-new-here-but-ham-for-a-long-time/12686/5 "2025-03-15T05:21:21Z")

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Makes sense for your family and neighborhood if you can convince the neighbors to spring for the license. There’s also the matter of occasional practice, something that hams actually like…

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**Author:** ![David\_Smith](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/user_avatar/www.twowayradioforum.com/david_smith/32/2507_2.png) [@David\_Smith](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/u/David_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2026, 3:14pm UTC](https://www.twowayradioforum.com/t/im-new-here-but-ham-for-a-long-time/12686/6 "2026-05-01T15:14:27Z")

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Welcome to the group

Hope see some photos of your work and shop

I have been CB since the 1960’s. I got a HAM License in the 1970’s but the FCC would not aloud to used in construction only as hobby

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Dave ❋

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