Awesome! I hope you got the sync cable. If not, you can borrow mine or Matthews. Download CHIRP and it allows you to fill out a spreadsheet with all of the freq, tones, offsets, a Name, etc... It really makes programming a breeze!
Are you studying for the test at all?
Monitor 146.790, which is the local HAM repeater. That one gets the most action, especially when they have the "nets."
For anyone interested in learning more, there is an event coming up the weekend after next that will allow people to work/observe a special event radio station set up at Point Park on Lookout. It will be for the 150th anniversary of the battle of Chattanooga