[DrillShopper]

You do not!

You can get started for as little as $17: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074XPB313

For the other amateur radio operators on the site, the UV-5Rs from the main Amazon seller all comply with spurious emissions regs - the ones from AliExpress are hit or miss. Plus searching YouTube with 'Baofeng UV5R' will turn up a ton of material including explaining why people should care about the spurious emissions.

[lormayna]

Just a note: this device is not able to listen shortwaves as it's capable to listen only VHF/UHF. If you want to listen shortwaves for cheap, you need something like an ATS-25 or this: https://it.aliexpress.com/item/1005008266218975.html