A friend and I were recently talking about working toward our General licenses! He put me on https://hamstudy.org and I already have a Baofeng UV-5R. I've used it to access some weather radio here in North Carolina.
I'm not sure about the community aspect, either, but I definitely can see the disaster preparedness value, especially after Helene's devastation.
I'm not sure about the community aspect, either, but I definitely can see the disaster preparedness value, especially after Helene's devastation.