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A cheap Cobra 19 would work fine for you. Magmount antenna is fine. You could even power the CB off the lighter/power port, if you get whine on the CB that changes with the rpm of the engine you may want to wire the CB directly to the battery. I have had some vehicles that do and some that don't...

I would just get a dual band antenna of your liking for the Th-9800. I wouldn't worry about 6m or 10m all that much. I would be surprised if the quad band antennas on the market did all that well on 10m anyways. You could always carry a secondary antenna (quad band, 10m, etc) if you still...

Well done, welcome to the hobby.

In a matter of life or death and no other license free means of communication are available any frequency can be used to call for help. That's kind of the point, it was designed by hams for hams. There are enough other GPS location apps out there. Maybe tracking app such as GPS Phone Tracker...

Somebody didn't pay their $400 annual photobucket fee....

https://www.amazon.com/Midland-Consumer-MXT115-Repeater-Channels/dp/B01MUGZ5XC

I think any of those fender mounts you linked will work fine. If the roof is taken the front fenders would be my next option. If you have a factory am/fm radio antenna on the passenger fender I would put the 2m antenna on the driver side and the CB antenna on the passenger side. However, 1/4...

Could be that someone is there but they are too far away or too weak but their signal is just strong enough to break the squelch. You could try turning up the squelch on your radio a bit.

Congrats. Looks like you will be a KM6L** or possibly KM6M** callsign. Back when they issued hard licenses you didn't have to wait for the hard license to be mailed to you to operate, as soon as your call sign appeared on the FCC ULS database you could talk on the radio as you had your call...

For study guides, I have used http://www.kb6nu.com/study-guides/ as well as www.hamstudy.org. The program CHIRP can help you program the radio using the computer, you will need the programming cable. Also, www.Miklor.com has a lot of good Baofeng radio info and an easier to understand user...

Probably won't find many GMRS repeaters in BFE, they are good for trail/convoy communication though.

You will need a NMO coax/mount for their GMRS antenna.

And just like that......it was gone. Not on their website, press release gone, youtube video gone......

Can you tell where the Hamvention is? :D This is just within the last 3 hours.

There is a station beaconing the repeater info, as you come into the area with APRS running (or turned on once you get there) you would eventually receive the packet that contains the repeater info and your radio would decode and display it. I personally prefer to have my APRS info display on my...

You might look at the Tram 1177 antenna ($16.95) (http://www.theantennafarm.com/catalog/tram-1177-1565.html) and the Tram 1233 mag mount ($24.99) (https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Mini-UHF-Magnet-Antenna-Mobile/dp/B00PM7PZJC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1494872945&sr=8-1&keywords=tram+nmo+magnet+mount)...

It can be use as a tracker, which most people use it for but it can be used as another form of communication. You can message other hams using APRS, you can sent text, or short emails. The original concept was a tool for situational awareness, to see what's going on around you so you may also...

Another option.... if you want to spend more on the mount than you did on the radio. https://www.bulletproofdiesel.com/Third_Brake_Light_Antenna_Mount_Ford_F150_p/90201129_f150.htm

To get a license right now is somewhere around $70 (Application fee), however a new reform by the FCC would extend the GMRS license from 5 years to 10 years. I am not aware of an effective date of the reform.