mesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoNo Ham License? Listen Anyway In Your Browserhackaday.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down12
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minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 hours agoYou do not need a license to listen to ham radio with a traditional transceiver. You only need a license to transmit. There are no licensing requirements for equipment purchases.
minus-squareNineMileTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·4 hours agoI have a handheld ham. The baofeng ones with no license. Come to get me FCC When I use them to communicate, I use FRS frequencies, which are still not legal technically, but no one will even know.
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·51 minutes agoTbh, I can’t condone that as a ham myself. And yes, you can be caught. It happens all the time and fines are hefty. The basic ham license (called “Technician”) is very easy and cheap. Just get one.
minus-squareNineMileTower@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·45 minutes agoIt happens all the time?
minus-squareferret@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·35 minutes agoRelative to the prevalence of ham as a hobby
You do not need a license to listen to ham radio with a traditional transceiver. You only need a license to transmit.
There are no licensing requirements for equipment purchases.
I have a handheld ham. The baofeng ones with no license. Come to get me FCC
When I use them to communicate, I use FRS frequencies, which are still not legal technically, but no one will even know.
Tbh, I can’t condone that as a ham myself. And yes, you can be caught. It happens all the time and fines are hefty.
The basic ham license (called “Technician”) is very easy and cheap. Just get one.
It happens all the time?
Relative to the prevalence of ham as a hobby