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by bitfilped 695 days ago
Anyone can listen on a ham radio, you need a license to broadcast. FRS, CB and MURS are the unlicensed options in the US to my knowledge.
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kragen 695 days ago
broadcasting is not permitted on ham bands in the us. i suspect you might have meant that you need a license to transmit
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vitaflo 694 days ago
Can always spot a non-ham by use of the word "broadcast". It's a dead giveaway.
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bitfilped 688 days ago
Or some people just don't care about minor language semantics, radios are never truthfully point to point. Anyone in range can hear them.
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kragen 694 days ago
i'm a non-ham actually, but i'm also a shibboleth specialist
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bitfilped 688 days ago
Lock me up and take away my license...
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tkuraku 695 days ago
That's true, but anyone can get a license.
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