Hey, congrats on getting the license Ashley.  The Baofeng radios are nice, if you’re looking for an HT that has some voice feedback on it.  Having run a kenwood HT for years, the Th-f6A, which didn’t have any , it’s nice to see manufacturers like  Baofeng putting out some HT’s that have some.  .  
> On Oct 18, 2014, at 9:34 PM, Gary Tillinghast <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Congrats on the new callsign, and welcome to the reflector.  Many have 
> insight on many radios.  They all are a welth of info.  73.  Gary KB2YAA
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Ashley Bernard
> Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2014 7:07 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Baofeng bf-f8
> 
> prime membership won=E2=80=99t allow for the purchase of radios. I just =
> ordered last week and prime membership wasn=E2=80=99t even a possibility =
> according to amazon.
> I am new up here, by the way. Just got my call sign this =
> morning, passed my test a week ago, and ordered two handhelds sunday =
> night, got one so far for very good prices on amazon.
> Anyway, 73s
> Ashley (kc1cps)
> 
>> On Oct 18, 2014, at 6:54 PM, Tom Brennan <[log in to unmask]> =
> wrote:
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>> Oh, Rob, I see that you may be talking about prime membership.  I've =
> not even
>> looked at that as any kind of option.  Seems pretty silly to save $7 =
> or so for
>> an ht <g>.  Sorry for the misunderstanding.
>> =20
>> Tom
>> =20
>> =20
>> Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>> web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
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