Another FWIW.... When I took the test, the group that administered it gave you 2 chances to pass. If you passed on the first try, you could take a shot at the General test (or AE of you pass General on first try). I missed on the General by 1-2 questions. Had I known that I could take both the same sitting, I would have studied more of the General test questions in advance.
NERD! (JK!)
Suggest you talk with your local CERT. Whoever can talk about the channel list they post on the website. It's very likely that thought went into making this list. Frequently used stations. Other stations important in a wider emergency, etc. I would wager that loading that list will cover 99% of your needs... and not waste channel spaces.
Also.... it will be a HUGE time saver when you are out with CERT... When someone says "we'll be communicating on 444.600, channel 5", it HUGELY faster to find channel 5 when you are using the same channel load as everyone else, than it will be to find which channel you programmed for the 444.600 repeater. Maybe that's channel 92 on your radio? Are you going to scroll through every pre programmed channel until you find it, or pull out your paper list? Big waste of time. Don't be THAT guy. :o
When your CERT is out doing CERT stuff, it's very likely that you'll be wearing a hi-viz safety vest..... ??
I prefer to just drop my radio into a vest pocket and clip my external mic somewhere convenient. I rarely use the belt clip.
Also, I often find myself carrying a City (trunked) radio to be able to cross communicate with ham folks and City EM (Incident Command). That thing is BIG and requires belt space. Or... Amazon
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