It’s been a long time since the last post to this site.
During the break, I sold a house, rented an apartment, then bought another house.
I still haven’t gotten the Yaesu 857D setup here, I’ve been more focused on GMRS lately, though I have several Ham Handhelds in addition to the several GMRS and MURS HTs.
For the time being, I’m going to stick to exploring GMRS.